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The Discrete Vortex Method for estimating how surface roughness affects aerodynamic drag acting on a long cylinder exposed to wind

Publication date: 11.12.2015

Technical Transactions, 2015, Budownictwo Zeszyt 2-B (12) 2015, pp. 127 - 144

https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.15.129.4166

Authors

Tomasz Nowicki
Department of Structural Mechanics, Lublin University of Technology, Poland
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The Discrete Vortex Method for estimating how surface roughness affects aerodynamic drag acting on a long cylinder exposed to wind

Abstract

This paper focuses on the aerodynamic drag force that acts on a long cylinder standing up to aerodynamic wind in the critical regime of the fluid flow. The core problem addressed here is how surface roughness of a high level and further increase of that level affects the drag. The research is based on computer simulations using the Discrete Vortex Method. A meshless version of the method was applied in order to let the boundary layer form freely in the way of a direct computer simulation. Fundamental ideas behind the Discrete Vortex Method, the original research program and the obtained results are presented. The main conclusion is that a small level of surface roughness may be neglected in engineering estimations.

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Information: Technical Transactions, 2015, Budownictwo Zeszyt 2-B (12) 2015, pp. 127 - 144

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

The Discrete Vortex Method for estimating how surface roughness affects aerodynamic drag acting on a long cylinder exposed to wind

English:

The Discrete Vortex Method for estimating how surface roughness affects aerodynamic drag acting on a long cylinder exposed to wind

Authors

Department of Structural Mechanics, Lublin University of Technology, Poland

Published at: 11.12.2015

Article status: Open

Licence: None

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Tomasz Nowicki (Author) - 100%

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