Abstract
A detailed flow field behind a stationary square cylinder with attached rigid and flexible splitter plates has been studied using particle image velocimetry, constant temperature anemometry, and flow visualization techniques. A wide range of lengths of the splitter plate (L/B = 0–8) are considered, and their respective wake interference is reported. The investigation is carried out at an intermediate flow regime at three Reynolds numbers 600, 1000, and 2000 (based on blocking width “B” of the cylinder). The literature seriously lacks the information on a passive flow control of bluff body wakes in this flow regime. This study shows that the wake frequency and mean drag coefficient vary nonmonotonically to splitter plate lengths. The length of the splitter plate is a critical parameter, which, apart from flow control, can also bring a significant wake transition. At L/B > 3 to L/B = 4, strong secondary vortices are shed from the trailing edge. The shedding of the secondary vortex leads to a sudden shrinkage in the recirculation bubble and an increase in the periodicity of the unsteady flow. The onset of high amplitude flapping occurs in a flexible splitter plate (L/B = 3) at Re = 2000. The vortex shedding frequency becomes higher than the first mode natural frequency of the flexible splitter plate for this length and remains in the same regime for L/B > 3. The amplitude of flapping increases up to L/B = 5 and then again recedes. The high amplitude flapping of the flexible splitter plate adversely affects the mean drag coefficient of the bluff body.
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