Research Article

Numerical Investigation of Flow around Two Tandem Identical Trapezoidal Cylinders

Table 1

Comparison of integral parameters.

ExamplesΔd/DRe (×103)Cd,avgStCd,tmsCl,rmsCpbLr

Square cylinder0.0213222.110.1320.251.35−1.681.31
0.0355222.090.1330.241.39−1.621.33
Trapezoidal cylinder0.0213222.620.1430.201.62−1.701.23
0.0355222.590.1400.201.61−1.681.28
Lyn et al. [23] (Exp)21.42.100.130−1.601.38
Norberg [24] (Exp)222.100.130−1.37
Sohankar [25] (LES)222.320.1320.201.54−1.63
Srinivas et al. [26] (LES)21.42.030.1300.181.291.31
Zhou et al. [27] (LES)222.270.1220.291.40−1.611.37
Atsushi and Okajima [28] (Exp)200.133
Luo et al. [1] (Exp)342.510.140−1.871.26