Study on the vortex-induced vibration and flow control of ribbed circular cylinder

Abstract

This work investigates the vortex suppression performance and mechanism of ribs on high-quality ratio cylinders. Through wind tunnel tests and numerical simulations, the surface wind pressure distribution characteristics and flow separation phenomena of different ribbed cylinders are explored, and the spanwise correlation and nonlinear vibration characteristics of vortex-induced vibrations of ribbed cylinder models are analyzed. The main conclusions are as follows: ribs change the position of the boundary layer separation point, and the difference in size of left and right separated vortices causes a pressure jump phenomenon, altering the wind pressure distribution of the segment model and reducing the wind pressure, resulting in an increase in the locked wind speed of the ribbed cylinder. Complex separated vortices form behind the ribs, affecting the size of the wake vortex and reducing the stability of the segment model at locked wind speeds. Cylinders with four ribs exhibit good vortex-induced vibration suppression performance at 0° and 45° positioning angles. In addition, the cylinder with four installed ribs cylinders exhibits two locked wind speed regions, each showing different motion states: at the primary locked wind speed, they mainly demonstrate quasi-periodic vibrations and degraded quasi-periodic vibrations, while at the secondary locked wind speed, primarily in a chaotic state dominated by high-frequency harmonic components. These research findings have significant implications for future studies and practical engineering applications.