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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/was.2013.17.5.515

Experimental and numerical studies of the flow around the Ahmed body  

Tunay, Tural (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cukurova University)
Sahin, Besir (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cukurova University)
Akilli, Huseyin (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cukurova University)
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Wind and Structures / v.17, no.5, 2013 , pp. 515-535 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study aims to investigate characteristics of the flow structures around the Ahmed body by using both experimental and numerical methods. Therefore, 1/4 scale Ahmed body having $25^{\circ}$ slant angle was employed. The Reynolds number based on the body height, H and the free stream velocity, U was $Re_H=1.48{\times}10^4$. Investigations were conducted in two parts. In the first part of the study, Large Eddy Simulation (LES) method was used to resolve the flow structures around the Ahmed body, numerically. In the second part of the study the particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique was used to measure instantaneous velocity fields around the Ahmed body. Time-averaged and instantaneous velocity vectors maps, streamline topology and vorticity contours of the flow fields were presented and discussed in details. Comparison of the mean and turbulent quantities of the LES results and the PIV results with the results of Lienhart et al. (2000) at different locations over the slanted surface and in the wake region of the Ahmed body were also given. Flow features such as critical points and recirculation zones in the wake region downstream of the Ahmed body were well captured. The spectra of numerically and experimentally obtained stream-wise and vertical velocity fluctuations were presented and they show good consistency with the numerical result of Minguez et al. (2008).
Keywords
Ahmed body; bluff body; flow separation; LES; PIV;
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