Department of Mechanical Engineering, Symbiosis Institute of Technology (SIT), Symbiosis International University (SIU), Lavale, Pune-412115, Maharashtra State, India. ranjith.maniyeri@sitpune.edu.in
Online published on 8 November, 2017.
Immersed boundary (IB) method has proved its efficacy in handling complex fluid-structure interaction problems in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). We present a two-dimensional computational model based on an immersed boundary finite volume method to study flow over a stationary circular cylinder. Lagrangian coordinates are used to describe the cylinder and Eulerian coordinates are employed to describe the fluid flow. The Navier-Stokes equations governing the fluid are solved on a staggered Cartesian grid system using the fractional-step based finite volume method. Numerical simulations are performed for four different Reynolds numbers to demonstrate the flow behavior.
Immersed boundary method, Flow over cylinder, Finite volume method, Fractional-step method, Mean drag coefficient
