A numerical study on two-dimensional (2D) rectangular plates falling freely in water is carried out in the range of 1.2 ≤ ρs/f ≤ 5.0 and 1/20 ≤ β ≤ 1/4, where ρs/f is the solid-to-water density ratio and β is the plate thickness-to-length ratio. To study this problem, the immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann flux solver in a moving frame is applied and validated. For the numerical result, a phase diagram is constructed for fluttering, tumbling, and apparent chaotic motions of the plate parameterized using ρs/f and β. The evolution of vortical structures in both modes is decomposed into three typical stages of initial transient, deep gliding, and pitching-up. Various mean and instantaneous fluid properties are illustrated and analyzed. It is found that fluttering frequencies have a linear relationship with the Froude number for all cases considered. Lift forces on fluttering plates are linearly dependent on the angle of attack α at the cusp-like turning point when . Hysteresis of the lift force on fluttering plates is observed and explained whilst the drag forces are the same when has the same value. Meanwhile, the drag force in the tumbling motion may have a positive propulsive effect when the plate begins a tumbling rotation from α = π/2.
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October 11 2016
Numerical study on the freely falling plate: Effects of density ratio and thickness-to-length ratio
Y. Wang;
Y. Wang
1Department of Mechanical Engineering,
National University of Singapore
, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Singapore
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C. Shu;
C. Shu
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1Department of Mechanical Engineering,
National University of Singapore
, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Singapore
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C. J. Teo
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C. J. Teo
1Department of Mechanical Engineering,
National University of Singapore
, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Singapore
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L. M. Yang
L. M. Yang
2Department of Aerodynamics, College of Aerospace Engineering,
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
, Yudao Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210016, China
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Physics of Fluids 28, 103603 (2016)
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Received:
May 12 2016
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September 06 2016
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Y. Wang, C. Shu, C. J. Teo, L. M. Yang; Numerical study on the freely falling plate: Effects of density ratio and thickness-to-length ratio. Physics of Fluids 1 October 2016; 28 (10): 103603. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4963242
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