Hydrodynamics of a swimming batoid fish at Reynolds numbers up to 148 000
| Autor: | Dong Zhang, Wei-Xi Huang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 963 |
| ISSN: | 1469-7645 0022-1120 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/jfm.2023.325 |
| Popis: | Flow around a tethered model of a swimming batoid fish is studied by using the wall-modelled large-eddy simulation in conjunction with the immersed boundary method. A Reynolds number ( $Re$ ) up to 148 000 is chosen, and it is comparable to that of a medium-sized aquatic animal in cruising swimming state. At such a high $Re$ , we provide, to the best of our knowledge, the first evidence of hairpin vortical (HV) structures near the body surface using three-dimensional high-fidelity flow field data. It is observed that such small-scale vortical structures are mainly formed through two mechanisms: the leading-edge vortex (LEV)–secondary filament–HV and LEV–HV transformations in different regions. The HVs create strong fluctuations in the pressure distribution and frequency spectrum. Simulations are also conducted at $Re=1480$ and 14 800 to reveal the effect of Reynolds number. Variations of the flow separation behaviour and local pressure with $Re$ are presented. Our results indicate that low- $Re$ simulations are meaningful when the focus is on the force variation tendency, whereas high- $Re$ simulations are needed when concerning flow fluctuations and turbulence mechanisms. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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