Body-Free Simulation of Three-Dimensional Turbulent Cylinder Wakes
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| author | Wang, Zhicheng Käufer, Theo Shukla, Khemraj Triantafyllou, Michael Karniadakis, George Em |
| author_facet | Wang, Zhicheng Käufer, Theo Shukla, Khemraj Triantafyllou, Michael Karniadakis, George Em |
| contents | We present a body-free simulation framework for three-dimensional turbulent cylinder wakes, in which the upstream cylinder is not explicitly resolved. Instead, the incompressible Navier--Stokes equations are solved in a simplified rectangular domain, and the inflow is prescribed using velocity profiles extracted from experimental measurements or pre-computed direct numerical simulations (DNS). We show that, for the Reynolds numbers considered here, prescribing low-dimensional inflow information at a single downstream location is sufficient to reconstruct the principal wake dynamics, including three-dimensionality, coherent vortex shedding, Reynolds-stress distributions, and spectral content, for $Re=500$, $5{,}000$, and $11{,}000$. Comparisons with full-body DNS and particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements show good agreement in mean velocity profiles, Reynolds stresses, and dominant shedding frequencies. A local stability analysis further shows that successful wake reconstruction is obtained when the imposed inflow is selected from the absolutely unstable near-wake region. The results support existing theory that the essential dynamics of bluff-body wakes are governed primarily by the instability of the near-wake profile rather than by the explicit presence of the body itself. The role of the onset of three-dimensionality is elucidated for first time. Relative to full DNS with the cylinder present, the proposed body-free simulation offers a substantial reduction in computational cost, providing a physically interpretable and computationally efficient route for wake reconstruction, reduced-complexity simulation, and flow-control studies. |
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| spellingShingle | Body-Free Simulation of Three-Dimensional Turbulent Cylinder Wakes Wang, Zhicheng Käufer, Theo Shukla, Khemraj Triantafyllou, Michael Karniadakis, George Em Fluid Dynamics Computational Physics We present a body-free simulation framework for three-dimensional turbulent cylinder wakes, in which the upstream cylinder is not explicitly resolved. Instead, the incompressible Navier--Stokes equations are solved in a simplified rectangular domain, and the inflow is prescribed using velocity profiles extracted from experimental measurements or pre-computed direct numerical simulations (DNS). We show that, for the Reynolds numbers considered here, prescribing low-dimensional inflow information at a single downstream location is sufficient to reconstruct the principal wake dynamics, including three-dimensionality, coherent vortex shedding, Reynolds-stress distributions, and spectral content, for $Re=500$, $5{,}000$, and $11{,}000$. Comparisons with full-body DNS and particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements show good agreement in mean velocity profiles, Reynolds stresses, and dominant shedding frequencies. A local stability analysis further shows that successful wake reconstruction is obtained when the imposed inflow is selected from the absolutely unstable near-wake region. The results support existing theory that the essential dynamics of bluff-body wakes are governed primarily by the instability of the near-wake profile rather than by the explicit presence of the body itself. The role of the onset of three-dimensionality is elucidated for first time. Relative to full DNS with the cylinder present, the proposed body-free simulation offers a substantial reduction in computational cost, providing a physically interpretable and computationally efficient route for wake reconstruction, reduced-complexity simulation, and flow-control studies. |
| title | Body-Free Simulation of Three-Dimensional Turbulent Cylinder Wakes |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics Computational Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24922 |