Abstract
Steady laminar flow past a slotted circular cylinder was investigated for non-Newtonian power-law fluids at the low Reynolds number (Re) range (5 ⩽ Re ⩽ 40). Flow simulation was carried out for shear-thinning fluids with their power-law indices (n) varying from 0.2 to 1 (n = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1). The normal (case A) and the slotted (case B) circular cylindrical geometries were considered, where the slit was placed between the front and the base pressure stagnation points. A finite volume method was used to calculate the flow field. The flow characteristics, such as flow separation angles, wake size, coefficients of pressure (Cp), and drag (CD), were studied for different Re and n values. For all n values, the slotted cylinder effectively delayed the flow separation. It showed much better pressure recovery than the normal cylinder due to the interaction between the self-bleed from the slit exit to the cylinder wake. The vorticity of this bleed influenced the wake's vorticity, and an increase of 3%–26.4% in higher maximum surface vorticity was reported for the slotted cylinder. An increase of 0.7%–6.5% in the bubble length was observed for the normal cylinder due to early flow separation. An enhanced pressure recovery across the slotted cylinder resulted in a significant drop in the pressure drag with 0.2%–4.56% reduction in the overall drag coefficient.
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