Oscillatory flow around a vertical wall-mounted cylinder: Dynamic mode decomposition

This study applies the Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) to better understand and model the oscillatory flow across a vertical wall-mounted cylinder. At different Keulegan–Carpenter numbers, three-dimensional direct numerical simulations are performed to provide the flow details such as the snapshots of the coherent structures around the cylinder, vorticity fields, and bed shear stress. The selected fields are decomposed into dynamic modes. The characteristic flow features with relevant information including spatial mode shape, frequency, and mode amplitude are systematically investigated. The time series of flow fields is also reconstructed using the DMD analysis and compared against the original data to assess the efficacy of information in the low-dimensional system. The results show that the DMD analysis can capture the dynamic and nonlinear features of the oscillatory flow past the vertical wall-mounted cylinder and also efficiently reconstruct the relevant fields with reasonable accuracy. It provides a basis for the data-driven model of scour near the cylinder–wall junction relevant to coastal engineering applications.