Simulation of Vortex-Shedding Flow About a Circular Cylinder at High Reynolds Numbers

Abstract

Vortex shedding over a circular cylinder is modeled based on the weakly compressible flow equations with a simple subgrid scale turbulence model and a simple hybrid boundary condition. An explicit finite volume method is used. A subcritical and a supercritical case are computed. It is shown that the large-scale vortex-shedding phenomenon, the primary vortices, and the related oscillatory lift and drag can be calculated fairly well with a grid system coarser than the boundary layer thickness. The secondary vortices and the related higher frequency oscillations are also calculated by using somewhat finer grids.