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Wavelet-based adaptive simulations of three-dimensional flow past a square cylinder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2014

Giuliano De Stefano  and
Oleg V. Vasilyev
Giuliano De Stefano
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e dell’Informazione, Seconda Università di Napoli, I 81031 Aversa, Italy
Oleg V. Vasilyev*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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†Email address for correspondence: oleg.vasilyev@colorado.edu
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Abstract

The wavelet-based eddy capturing approach is extended to three-dimensional bluff body flows, where the flow geometry is enforced through Brinkman volume penalization. The wavelet-collocation/volume-penalization combined method is applied to the simulation of vortex shedding flow behind an isolated stationary prism with square cross-section. Wavelet-based direct numerical simulation is conducted at low supercritical Reynolds number, where the wake develops fundamental three-dimensional flow structures, while wavelet-based adaptive large-eddy simulation supplied with the one-equation localized dynamic kinetic-energy-based model is performed at moderately high Reynolds number. The present results are in general agreement with experimental findings and numerical solutions provided by classical non-adaptive methods. This study demonstrates that the proposed hybrid methodology for modelling bluff body flows is feasible, accurate and efficient.

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Mathematical Foundations: Computational methods Turbulent Flows: Turbulence simulation

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 748 , 10 June 2014 , pp. 433 - 456
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© 2014 Cambridge University Press 

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