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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/was.2010.13.2.169

CFD modelling of free-flight and auto-rotation of plate type debris  

Kakimpa, B. (Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Nottingham)
Hargreaves, D.M. (Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Nottingham)
Owen, J.S. (Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Nottingham)
Martinez-Vazquez, P. (School of Civil Engineering, The University of Birmingham)
Baker, C.J. (School of Civil Engineering, The University of Birmingham)
Sterling, M. (School of Civil Engineering, The University of Birmingham)
Quinn, A.D. (School of Civil Engineering, The University of Birmingham)
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Wind and Structures / v.13, no.2, 2010 , pp. 169-189 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper describes the use of coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Rigid Body Dynamics (RBD) in modelling the aerodynamic behaviour of wind-borne plate type objects. Unsteady 2D and 3D Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) CFD models are used to simulate the unsteady and non-uniform flow field surrounding static, forced rotating, auto-rotating and free-flying plates. The auto-rotation phenomenon itself is strongly influenced by vortex shedding, and the realisable k-epsilon turbulence modelling approach is used, with a second order implicit time advancement scheme and equal or higher order advection schemes for the flow variables. Sequentially coupling the CFD code with a RBD solver allows a more detailed modelling of the Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) behaviour of the plate and how this influences plate motion. The results are compared against wind tunnel experiments on auto-rotating plates and an existing 3D analytical model.
Keywords
CFD; autorotation; windborne debris; fluid-structure interaction;
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