2D flow around a heated square-cylinder - $Re_{h}= 50$, $Ra= 5\; 10^6$

A heated square-cylinder is placed in a channel flow

Author : Y. Fraigneau CNRS-LIMSI (yann.fraigneau@limsi.fr)
Date : June 2019
Simulation type : DNS (Sunfluidh code)
Location : /DATABASE_2DFLOW_AROUND_HEATED_SQUARECYLINDER_DNS
Status : Free access
Data size : ~ 3 Gb

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Simulation settings

2D sketch

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Referential : cartesian geometry

axes :

x(i) : downstream direction

y(j) : normal direction

origin : lower left corner of the computational domain

Reference scales

Density : mass density of the fluid ()

Lengths : cylinder size () and the distance between the domain's top and the square-cylinder's top.

Velocity : velocity at inlet ()

Dynamic viscosity : dynamic viscosity of the fluid ()

thermal diffusivity : ()

Reynolds number :

Rayleigh number :

Non-dimensionalised data

velocity :

density :

coordinates : ,

temperature : ( and are respectively the temperature imposed at the cylender's walls and the temperature at the inlet and channel's walls)

Computational domain

Domain scope

computational domain size (channel flow)

Downstream direction(x) : (upward part , downward part )

Normal direction (y) :

heated square cylinder

size:

temperature T_h^*= 1

Boundary conditions

Inlet : imposed pressure uniform velocity ()

Outlet : Orlansky type

Bottom and top conditions : walls at (T_c^*=0)

Spatial resolution

mesh size : (131.072 cells)

About cell-size

: from to (downstream direction)

: from to (normal direction)

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Data features

Time series

from probes

Physical quantities : velocity components along x and y directions (u,v) and pressure (p)

1 probe

Time step= time unit

Time range : 400 to 600 time units

Location : Xi= 3.5 , Xj=0.0

File name (per physical quantity): x_ins_00000.d with x= u,v,p

about cylinder motion

center position as a function of time (ASCII file ibm_position01.dat)

cylinder velocity as a function of time (ASCII file ibm_velocity01.dat)

global force components applied to the cylinder (ASCII file ibm_force01.dat)

force contributions exerted on the moving cylinder (ASCII file ibm_force_contribution01.dat, the four last columns can be ignored)

3D snapshots

Instantaneous fields : velocity components in x, y and z directions (U,V), the pressure (P) and the phase function related to the body motion (TRACE)

Recording rate : 0.4 time unit

Time range from from 200.0 to 600.0 time units

File name : res_xxxxx_yyyyyyy.d

MPI subdomain ID: 0

Time ID : from 3 to 502

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Database organisation

Data size : ~ 7 Gb
Main directory : /vol/DATABASE_MECA/DATABASE_2DFLOW_AROUND_OSCILLATING_CYLINDER_DNS
For more details about files, see the wiki doc of Sunfluidh

Intermediate directories (four cases of study)

and - directory : CAS_F0.95_A0.2

and - directory : CAS_F0.95_A0.5

and - directory : CAS_F1.2_A0.2

and - directory : CAS_F1.2_A0.5

Endpoint directories & files

/DATASETUP : ASCII files
input data file for sunfluidh : input3d.dat
/GRID : ASCII files
input data file : data_meshgen.d
grid files for sunfluidh: maillx.d, mailly.d, maillz.d
/SNAPSHOTS : snapshots binary files res_xxxxx_yyyyyyy.d
/TIMESERIES : ASCII files
u_ins_00000.d , v_ins_00000.d and p_ins_00000.d (timeseries of the velocity components and pressure from probe)
ibm_position01.dat, ibm_velocity01.dat (about cylinder motion)
ibm_force01.dat, ibm_force_contribution01.dat (about forces exerted on the cylinder)

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