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Vortex-induced vibration and galloping of prisms with triangular cross-sections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2017

Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh ,
Daniel W. Carlson  and
Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi Open the ORCID record for Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi [Opens in a new window]
Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Daniel W. Carlson
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

Flow-induced oscillations of a flexibly mounted triangular prism allowed to oscillate in the cross-flow direction are studied experimentally, covering the entire range of possible angles of attack. For angles of attack smaller than $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=25^{\circ }$ (where $0^{\circ }$ corresponds to the case where one of the vertices is facing the incoming flow), no oscillation is observed in the entire reduced velocity range tested. At larger angles of attack of $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=30^{\circ }$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=35^{\circ }$ , there exists a limited range of reduced velocities where the prism experiences vortex-induced vibration (VIV). In this range, the frequency of oscillations locks into the natural frequency twice: once approaching from the Strouhal frequencies and once from half the Strouhal frequencies. Once the lock-in is lost, there is a range with almost-zero-amplitude oscillations, followed by another range of non-zero-amplitude response. The oscillations in this range are triggered when the Strouhal frequency reaches a value three times the natural frequency of the system. Large-amplitude low-frequency galloping-type oscillations are observed in this range. At angles of attack larger than $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}=35^{\circ }$ , once the oscillations start, their amplitude increases continuously with increasing reduced velocity. At these angles of attack, the initial VIV-type response gives way to a galloping-type response at higher reduced velocities. High-frequency vortex shedding is observed in the wake of the prism for the ranges with a galloping-type response, suggesting that the structure’s oscillations are at a lower frequency compared with the shedding frequency and its amplitude is larger than the typical VIV-type amplitudes, when galloping-type response is observed.

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Aerodynamics: Flow-structure interactions Wakes/Jets: Separated flows Vortex Flows: Vortex shedding
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 817 , 25 April 2017 , pp. 590 - 618
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Present address: Miami University, Middletown, OH 45042, USA.

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