TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental investigation on the role of turbulent buffeting on the dynamics of a flexible filament in airflow
AU - Silva-Leon, Jorge
AU - Cioncolini, Andrea
AU - Condo-Colcha, Felipe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2023/11/1
Y1 - 2023/11/1
N2 - This paper documents the results of an experiment conceived to explore and quantitatively assess the role of turbulent buffeting on the dynamics of a flexible filament exposed to airflow. In the experiment, a circular cross-section flexible filament was tested in a wind tunnel where the turbulence level was modified with a square-mesh grid. Measurements were carried out with and without the grid to assess the role of turbulent buffeting on the dynamics of the filament. A hot wire anemometer was used to measure the turbulent airflow, whilst fast v****ideo imaging was employed to resolve the filament motion in 3D. The inclusion of the grid and subsequent increase in turbulence level yielded a higher amplitude of motion during the post-flutter regime, thus providing evidence of the role of turbulent buffeting on the flapping dynamics of the filament, hence confirming a conjecture advanced in previous research but not proved yet. Interestingly, the higher amplitude of motion due to turbulent fluctuation was confined only to the vertical plane, suggesting a role of the filament attachment angle in the propagation of disturbances from turbulent fluctuations. No detectable role of turbulent buffeting was observed on the onset of flapping which, based on a comparison with literature data, has been classified as a fluid-elastic instability. Finally, no detectable role of turbulent buffeting was observed in the qualitative dynamics of the filament during flutter and post-flutter.
AB - This paper documents the results of an experiment conceived to explore and quantitatively assess the role of turbulent buffeting on the dynamics of a flexible filament exposed to airflow. In the experiment, a circular cross-section flexible filament was tested in a wind tunnel where the turbulence level was modified with a square-mesh grid. Measurements were carried out with and without the grid to assess the role of turbulent buffeting on the dynamics of the filament. A hot wire anemometer was used to measure the turbulent airflow, whilst fast v****ideo imaging was employed to resolve the filament motion in 3D. The inclusion of the grid and subsequent increase in turbulence level yielded a higher amplitude of motion during the post-flutter regime, thus providing evidence of the role of turbulent buffeting on the flapping dynamics of the filament, hence confirming a conjecture advanced in previous research but not proved yet. Interestingly, the higher amplitude of motion due to turbulent fluctuation was confined only to the vertical plane, suggesting a role of the filament attachment angle in the propagation of disturbances from turbulent fluctuations. No detectable role of turbulent buffeting was observed on the onset of flapping which, based on a comparison with literature data, has been classified as a fluid-elastic instability. Finally, no detectable role of turbulent buffeting was observed in the qualitative dynamics of the filament during flutter and post-flutter.
KW - Experiments
KW - Flexible filament
KW - Fluid-Structure Interaction
KW - Fluidelastic instability
KW - Grid-generated turbulence
KW - Macroscale
KW - Turbulence intensity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2023.111011
DO - 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2023.111011
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:85165983272
SN - 0894-1777
VL - 149
JO - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
JF - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
M1 - 111011
ER -