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Wind and Structures
  Volume 34, Number 1, January 2022 (Special Issue) pages 29-42
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/was.2022.34.1.029
 


Experimental analysis of the aerodynamic characteristics of a rectangular 5:1 cylinder using POD
Juan A. Cardenas-Rondon, Mikel Ogueta-Gutierrez, Sebastian Franchini and Omar Gomez-Ortega

 
Abstract
    Following the BARC initiative, wind tunnel measurements have been performed on a 5:1 rectangular cylinder. Pressure distribution has been measured in several sections, checking the two-dimensionality of the flow around the model. Mean values compare well with previous data. These measurements have been processed using the standard Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and the snapshot POD to obtain phase-resolved cycles. This decomposition has been used to analyze the characteristics of the flow around the cylinder, in particular, the behavior of the recirculation bubble in the upper/lower surfaces. The effect of the angle of attack, the turbulence intensity and the Reynolds number has been studied. First and second modes extracted from POD have been found to be related to the reattachment of the flow in the upper surface. Increasing the angle of attack is related to a delay in the reattachment position, while an increase in turbulence intensity makes the reattachment point to move towards the windward face.
 
Key Words
    BARC; POD; wind tunnel
 
Address
Juan A. Cardenas-Rondon: Instituto Universitario "Ignacio Da Riva" (IDR/UPM), Universidad Politecnica de Madrid,
Plaza Cardenal Cisneros, 3, E-28040, Madrid, Spain

Mikel Ogueta-Gutierrez: Instituto Universitario "Ignacio Da Riva" (IDR/UPM), Universidad Politecnica de Madrid,
Plaza Cardenal Cisneros, 3, E-28040, Madrid, Spain

Sebastian Franchini: Instituto Universitario "Ignacio Da Riva" (IDR/UPM), Universidad Politecnica de Madrid,
Plaza Cardenal Cisneros, 3, E-28040, Madrid, Spain

Omar Gomez-Ortega: Instituto Universitario "Ignacio Da Riva" (IDR/UPM), Universidad Politecnica de Madrid,
Plaza Cardenal Cisneros, 3, E-28040, Madrid, Spain
 

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