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Flow features of three side-by-side rectangular cylinders under the effect of aspect ratios and Reynolds numbers

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  • Hamid Rahman

    (Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda 24420, Pakistan)

  • Waqas Sarwar Abbasi

    (Department of Mathematics, Air University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan)

  • Shams-ul-Islam

    (Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan)

  • Raees Khan

    (Department of Mathematics, FATA University, Darra Adam Khel, N.M.D. Kohat 26000, Pakistan)

  • Muhammad Uzair Khan

    (Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda 24420, Pakistan)

Abstract

This study focuses on the characteristics of flow past three side-by-side rectangular cylinders under the effect of aspect ratios (AR) and Reynolds numbers (Re) at two different gap ratios (g) using the lattice Boltzmann method. For this purpose, AR is varied in the range of 0.25–4, the Re values are 100, 140 and 180 and the two different values of g taken into account are g=0.5 and 3. The results are presented in the form of vorticity contours, temporal histories of drag and lift coefficients and power spectrum of lift coefficients. Also, the variation of physical parameters like mean drag coefficient, Strouhal number and the root-mean-square values of drag and lift coefficients with Re and AR is presented for g=0.5 and 3. The current numerical computations yield that for both gap ratios and all Re, there exist four different flow regimes depending on AR: (a) steady flow, (b) modulated flow, (c) symmetric flow and (d) periodic flow. At narrow gap ratios, the jet flow emerging within the gaps of cylinders altered the flow structures and fluid forces abruptly. The aspect ratio is found to have more influence on the flow characteristics of cylinders as compared to the Reynolds numbers at large gap ratios.

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  • Hamid Rahman & Waqas Sarwar Abbasi & Shams-ul-Islam & Raees Khan & Muhammad Uzair Khan, 2021. "Flow features of three side-by-side rectangular cylinders under the effect of aspect ratios and Reynolds numbers," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 32(03), pages 1-19, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:32:y:2021:i:03:n:s0129183121500340
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183121500340
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