Investigating Fluid-Structure Interaction Behavior of a Chord-Wise Flexible Filament in the Wake of a Bluff Body Using Partitioned Strong Coupling Approach

Chandan Bose*, Rajanya Chatterjee, Sayan Gupta, Sunetra Sarkar

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The present paper aims to gain an understanding of the physics associated with the fluid-structure interaction behavior of a flexible filament interacting with the wake of an upstream rigid cylinder situated at a finite distance. The computational framework of the present high fidelity numerical simulations consist of an incompressible Navier-Stokes solver strongly coupled with a chord-wise flexible structural model based on a partitioned approach. The effect of body-wake interactions on the resulting vibrating modes of the chord-wise flexible foil due to its passive flapping is studied in detail. The gap between the cylinder and the flexible filament is seen to play a major role in the vortex impingements on the flexible flapper and the subsequent interactions. Insights are obtained into the dynamics through a parametric study for different values of this finite gap. Moreover, the effect of the length and thickness of the flapper on its dominant mode-shapes is also investigated. The present study shows that higher values of the gap and the length of the filament lead to the loss of periodicity in the body-wake interactions which is of current interest.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRecent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations
Subtitle of host publicationVolume-II: Nano to Macro
EditorsSandip Kumar Saha, Mousumi Mukherjee
PublisherSpringer
Pages453-463
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9789811583148
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Nov 2021
Event7th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation, ICCMS 2019 - Mandi, India
Duration: 11 Dec 201913 Dec 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)2195-4364

Conference

Conference7th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation, ICCMS 2019
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityMandi
Period11/12/1913/12/19

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Flexible filament
  • Fluid-structure interaction
  • Strong coupling

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