Dynamics of a laminar flow past a rotating bullet-shaped body

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Abstract

Numerical simulations are performed for laminar flow past a rotating bullet-shaped body of length-to-diameter ratio $L/D=2$, ranging the non-dimensional angular rotation velocity, $\Omega=\omega R/u_{\infty}$, from $0$ to $0.6$, and covering the Reynolds number range $3200.5$ there are also two transitions, both leading to different swirling flows.

*Supported by the projects DPI2008-06624-C02, P07-TEP02693 and P11-TEP5702.

Authors

  • Jos\'e Ignacio Jim\'enez-Gonz\'alez

    • Universidad de Jaen
  • Enrique Sanmiguel-Rojas

    • University of Jaen, Spain
    • Universidad de Jaen
  • Alejandro Sevilla

    • Area de Mecanica de Fluidos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
    • University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
    • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
    • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
  • Carlos Martinez-Bazan

    • University of Jaen, Spain
    • Universidad de Jaen, Spain
    • Universidad de Jaen
    • Univ. of Jaen