Vortex Shedding from a Cylinder & Data Acquisition

Research Methods (MACE 61078)

Khwaja Saleem Fathimulla (8281580) Group B 11 November 2011

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MSc Aerospace Engineering School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering The University of Manchester
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LIST OF CONTENTS

Objectives 5 Introduction.. 5 Experimental Apparatus... 7 Experimental Procedure... 11 Presentation of results.. 12 Calculations.. 22 Discussion of Results... 27 Conclusion.... 28 Acknowledgements... 28 References 28 Appendix A... 29

LIST OF FIGURES:

Figure 1: Von Karman vortex street behind a cylinder 6 Figure 2: The wind tunnel.7 Figure 3: Circular cylinder7 Figure 4: Hotwire Anemometer8 Figure 5: The Micromanometer8 Figure 6: Personal Computer8 Figure 7: The rotary regavolt9 Figure 8: The traverse gears.. 9 Figure 9: The spectrum analyser...10

LIST OF TABLES:

Table 1: Sample data set (at 700 Hz with 1024 samples)12 Table 2: Vortex shedding measurements.22 Table 3: Calibration table 23

NOMENCLATURE

d f fs n

Diameter of the cylinder, m Vortex shedding frequency,Hz Sampling frequency,Hz Number of samples

PDF probability distribution function RMS root mean square,m/s RTI St T relative turbulence intensity Strouhal number time,sec Density, kg/m3 Dynamic viscosity, kg/(m.s) U U1 u Total instantaneous velocity,m/s Mean velocity,m/s Fluctuating velocity,m/s

Objectives: To obtain an optimum sample frequency from Von Karman vortex data produced by a
circular cylinder.

To compare optimum sample frequency with under and over sampling frequencies.

Introduction:
The flow field over the cylinder is symmetric at low values of Reynolds number. As the Reynolds number increases, flow begins to separate behind the cylinder causing vortex shedding which is an unsteady phenomenon. The Reynolds number is given as the ratio of inertial force to viscous forces:

=
Where, is density in, kg/m3; free stream velocity, in m/s; d diameter of the cylinder, in m; viscosity, in kg/(m.s). When we consider a circular cylinder under a turbulent flow the pressure increases past the cylinder and the unsteady boundary layer breaks away on the downstream side to form a pair of travelling vortices. These vortices have different frequencies and shed alternately from the surface. This is called a Von Karman Vortex Street. The relation between the vortex shedding frequency and Reynolds number(Re) is :

= 0.198(1
Where the Strouhal number is: St =

(f is the vortex shedding frequency).

t/2

There are two types of frequencies produced near to the centre line because of alternate vortices are given as: f and 2f (corresponding to 1/t and 1/(t/2), respectively). For the data analysis: velocity from Hotwire Anemometer is given as: U = U1 + u Where U1 is the total instantaneous velocity, U1 is the mean velocity and u is the fluctuation component of velocity. Mean velocity id given as:

U1 =
To calculate the RMS(root mean square) we need to subtract the mean velocity component U1 from each instantaneous velocity value, Ui, square the result and add such results. Now take the square root of the sum of all such terms divided by n.

RMS (u) =

( 1)2 =
( )

)2

Lastly, the relative turbulence intensity (RTI) is given as:

RTI =

100%
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Experimental Apparatus:

1) Wind Tunnel

The wind tunnel we used was a bench wind tunnel; the test section was around 300mm long and 300 width in dimensions. 2) Circular Cylinder (test specimen) Figure shows a horizontal circular cylinder which is our test section.

3) Hotwire Anemometer This is placed behind the cylinder. Hotwire Anemometer is made of tungsten with a . As shown in the figure below. length of 2mm and diameter of 5

4) Micromanometer

5) Computer The velocity histogram was produced by the help of software which was installed in the computer. Software helped to calibrate and receive signal.

6) The Rotary Regavolt This is used to vary the voltage, it is located below the wind tunnel.

7) The traverse gears This is used to change the position of the Hotwire Anemometer across the vertical axis of the cylinder.

Spectrum Analyser (control box) :

It controls the signals obtained from the Hotwire and connects it to the computer.

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Experimental Procedure:
First we calibrate the hot-wire anemometer over a suitable velocity range(10m/s) , note down the initial voltage of the hot-wire probe which corresponds to 0 velocity. Then regularly increase the velocity of air inside the wind tunnel we obtain different pressure values which are later initialized in lab-view software. The lab-view software in return provides the velocity and voltage of that pressure at every interval. We know that: the relation between voltage output generated (E) and the velocity (U) is given below: (E-Eo)2 = BUn Where E(volts) is the voltage corresponding to the velocity U(m/s), Eo is the voltage at zero velocity and B,n are constants. The software produce a graph that shows the variation of velocities across the square of the voltage differences (E-Eo)2. After calibration, the optimum , under and over sampling frequencies must be calculated. For this the hot wire is placed at the centre of the cylinder. The frequency is obtained by using the Strouhal number equation. After which the maximum frequency and sampling frequency is calculated similarly. The sampling rate should be 2.5 times the maximum frequency present in the signal and the number of samples per second should be of order 2n. Optimum sampling rate is is 700(appox.) and set number of samples collected per second to 1024 at the closest power of 2 for 700. (Calculations in next section). Similarly we record date for over and under sampling. Keeping the sampling rate at 1400 Hz with 211 samples per second and 350 Hz with 29 samples per second for over and under sampling frequency respectively. We use the traverse gear to change the position of the hotwire probe. For each 10 mm displacement the software measures and record the instantaneous velocity. At 100 mm the readings were declined. Finally note all data required using Microsoft Excel to analysis over and under sampling; to view the variation of the frequency spectra, mean and RMS velocities and RTI across wake.

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Presentation of Results:
Table 1: Sample data (at centre of the cylinder, taken at 700hz with 1024 samples per second

Voltage E(volts) 3.637695 3.635254 3.564453 3.554687 3.620605 3.566895 3.535156 3.505859 3.422852 3.708496 3.654785 3.505859 3.530273 3.686523 3.701172 3.664551 3.688965

E-Eo (volts) 1.021945 1.019504 0.948703 0.938938 1.004856 0.951145 0.919406 0.89011 0.807102 1.092746 1.039035 0.89011 0.914524 1.070774 1.085422 1.048801 1.073215

(E-Eo)2 (volts)2 1.044373 1.039389 0.900038 0.881604 1.009735 0.904676 0.845308 0.792295 0.651413 1.194094 1.079594 0.792295 0.836353 1.146556 1.178141 1.099983 1.15179

Velocity (m/s) 9.675407 9.622973 8.183571 7.997011 9.312362 8.230654 7.632313 7.105908 5.743165 11.281222 10.047832 7.105908 7.542872 10.764926 11.107291 10.264921 10.821481

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PLOT 1: Frequency spectra Optimum sampling at 700 Hz

PLOT: Frequency spectra for Over sampling at 1400 Hz

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PLOT 3: Frequency Spectra for under sampling at 350 Hz

The following graphs represent Frequency spectra across the wake:

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The following histogram gives the velocity distribution across the wake:

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PLOT 6: Umean and Urms profile across the wake:

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PLOT 7: Relative Turbulence intensity across the wake:

Table 2 shows the vortex shedding measurement for sampling rate of 700 Hz and 1024 sample data from the centre of the cylinder to 100mm below the zero point. Vortex shedding Measurements and calculation results Sampling Rate: 700 Hz Sample Bata : 1024 Mean Velocity RMS RTI (m/s) (m/s) (%) 8.1734 8.3168 9.0777 9.2073 9.6532 9.6213 9.7268 9.5974 9.5098 9.6638 9.7143 1.8732 1.8788 1.6599 1.1598 0.6678 0.2319 0.1117 0.0794 0.1068 0.0745 0.0673 22.90 22.57 18.27 12.58 6.91 2.40 1.14 0.83 1.12 0.77 0.69

Position (mm) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Shedding Frequency, 2f (Hz) 269.652 268.456 268.899 266.666 267.458 268.003 266.492 Empty Empty Empty Empty

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Calculations:
The below table known as the calibration table which is used to calibrate the Hotwire Anemometer probe.
Volts 2.615632 3.189504 3.288967 3.358438 3.419167 3.507656 3.560461 3.618916 3.664595 3.707593 3.745554 3.772009 3.806873 3.837573 3.859978 dVolts^2 0 0.32932915 0.45337997 0.55175953 0.64566875 0.79570668 0.89270203 1.00657817 1.10032212 1.19237762 1.27672344 1.33720766 1.4190533 1.49313961 1.54839623 Pressure 0 5 10 15 20 31 40 50 65 75 90 100 120 130 145 Velocity 0 2.8629917 4.0488817 4.958847 5.7259833 7.1287918 8.0977633 9.0535746 10.322663 11.088319 12.146645 12.803688 14.025737 14.59845 15.417682

We calibrate the plot between the velocity and (E-Eo)2.

Velocity Vs (E-Eo)^2
18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Velocity (m/s)

Velocity Vs (E-Eo)^2

(E-Eo)^2 (volts^2)

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Given that: Diameter of the Cylinder, d = 15.0mm Free Stream Velocity, U0 = 10.0 m/s Strouhal Number, St = 0.2 Verifying weather the flow is laminar or turbulent as per Reynolds Number

Reynolds number:

Re =

[1]

Where = Fluid Density (Kg/m3) Uo = Free Stream Velocity (m/s) d = Diameter of the cylinder (m) = Dynamic Viscosity of the Fluid (N.s/m2)

Using standard temperature and pressure of 20C = 1.2047 kg/m3 = 1.8205E-5N.s/m2

. .

Re =

= 9128

As explained earlier shedding occurs in the range between 102<Re<107, with an average Strouhal Number ~ 0.21. Hence, the fluid flow of the experiment is a turbulent flow.

Calculating Strouhal Number

. .

Strouhal Number in terms of Reynolds number (Re) is given by: St = 0.198 (1 i.e, 0.198 (1 St = 0.2 Hence the calculated Strouhal number is same as the estimated experimental data. ) ) = 0.2

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Estimating the frequency of Vortex Shedding

Where St =

.[2]

f= Vortex Shedding Frequency (Hz) d = Diameter of the Cylinder (m) U0 = Free Stream Velocity (m/s)
.

f=

= 133.33Hz

Maximum frequency due to two vortices 2f = 2/t

i.e., f = 2 * (133.33)

Max Frequency = 266.66Hz

Calculating Ideal Sampling rate:

Ideal sampling rate is obtained by multiplying max frequency by 2.5 according to Nyquist theory

Ideal sampling rate: 2.5 * Max Fre = 2.5 * 266.66

666.65

Adjusted Ideal sampling frequency = 700Hz

a) Calculating the number of ideal sampling data: Number of sample data = 2n For n = 10, the number of sample data i.e., 210 = 1024
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b) Calculating Mean Velocity:

..[3]

= Mean Velocity (m/s) Ui = Velocity of Each Individual Data (m/s) n = Number of Sample
( . . )

i.e.,

= 8.174 m/s c) Root Mean Square (RMS): RMS value is obtained by using 0mmset1024700.csv file and is executed is the Matlab script. RMS (Root-Mean-Square) value of the Fluctuation Component of Velocity:

[4]
(( . ) ( . ) )

RMS =

(8.174)2

RMS () = 1.8724 m/s

The Relative Turbulence Intensity (RTI): RTI =

()

100%

..[5]

* 100= 22.90% RTI = 22.90%

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Discussion of Results:
In the first phase of results, where we find the optimum, over and under sampling rate we can make the following observations. When we consider the optimum sampling rate i.e. 700 Hz with 1024 samples per second the data we receive from the plot is sufficiently enough. And we can obtain clear and correct results. Both f and 2f are present in von Karman Vortex Street. In case of over sampling rate we acquire data greater than the optimum sampling rate that is 1024 Hz with 2048 samples per second. In this case the f and 2f values are clear but there are other energy sources within the plot which disturbs the plot and unwanted memory is lost. Though there is always a high quality result available for a over sampling rate. The under sampling case is rather different from the earlier two. The sampling rate is 350 Hz with 512 samples per second. The data acquired from the plot is not sufficient to predict the f and 2f frequencies in the spectrum. Hence under sampling gives a low frequency output. When we consider the frequency spectra at any 3 position ex. At 0mm, 50mm, and 100mm and their respectively graphs shows different results. The 0mm grapg shows the highest fluctuation velocity when compared to the other two. Similarly when we consider the velocity histogram the plot of 0mm is wider when compared to 50mm or 100mm.this all depends on the position of the hotwire anemometer. The graph also show a wider RMS range due to the velocity fluctuation compared to smaller RMS of the other two positions. Consider the velocity probability distribution across the wake, due to the turbulent nature of the flow the velocities that are occurring in the wake flow are more. As we go down the wake the range gets narrow to few velocities which is around 10m/s. The RMS velocity is measure of the turbulent in the flow, so we can see that as we go down across the wake the RMS component reduces and goes almost to unity. The RTI also reduces across the wake. Velocity histories graph indicates the variation in the RMS and RTI values as well as the mean velocity. The RMS and RTI variations are considerable criteria to investigate the nature of the flow. Decreasing in both the RMS and RTI produces more laminar flow.Moreover, the optimum sampling mode has the most obvious velocity history compared to two other sampling modes.

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Conclusions:
We obtain the optimum sampling rate i.e. 700Hz with 1024 samples per second. This is achieved with the help of Nyquist sampling theory and also acquired the data from von Karman Vortex street produced by circular cylinder. The position of the probe effects the frequency spectra graph and on the PDF. As increase in distance of probe from the centre of the test section decrease the PDF. The RTI and RMS are very important to find the nature of the flow. Magnitude of energy at vortex shedding reduces across the wake.

Acknowledgement:
My sincere thanks to Mr. Dennis Cooper and Dr. Andrew Kennaugh who taught and guided me to carry out this experiment.

References:
Cooper.D., 2011, Vortex shedding from a cylinder and data acquisition, MACE61078 Research methods. The University of Manchester. Cooper.D., 2011, Lecture #- Data analysis, Research methods, The University of Manchester. Von Karman vortex street image from: http://panoramix.ift.uni.wroc.pl/~maq/eng/cfdthesis.php White F.M., Fluid Mechanics, McGraw-Hill,1999.

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Appendix A
%optimum sampling at 700 Hz rawdata_opti=importdata('0mmset1024700.csv'); velocity_opti=rawdata_opti(:,4); fft_opti= fft_opti= fft(velocity_opti,1024); magnitude_opti=abs(fft_opti(1:513,:)); frequency_opti=[0:1:512].*(700/1024); subplot(3,1,1),plot(frequency_opti,magnitude_opti); xlabel('frequency'); ylabel('magnitude'); title('optimum sampling at 700 Hz'); axis([0 400 0 350]); %over sampling rate at 1400 Hz rawdata_over=importdata('0mmset10241400.csv'); velocity_over=rawdata_over(:,4); fft_over= fft(velocity_over,1024); magnitude_over=abs(fft_over(1:513,:)); frequency_over=[0:1:512].*(700/1024); subplot(3,1,2),plot(frequency_over,magnitude_over); xlabel('frequency'); ylabel('magnitude'); title('over sampling at 1400 Hz'); axis([0 400 0 350]); %under sampling rate at 350 Hz rawdata_under=importdata('0mmset512350.csv'); velocity_under=rawdata_under(:,4); fft_under= fft(velocity_under,512); magnitude_under=abs(fft_under(1:257,:)); frequency_under=[0:1:256].*(350/512); subplot(3,1,3),plot(frequency_under,magnitude_under); xlabel('frequency'); ylabel('magnitude'); title('under sampling at 350 Hz'); axis([0 200 0 350]); %frequency spectra at centre rawdata_opti=importdata('0mmset1024700.csv'); velocity_opti=rawdata_opti(:,4); fft_opti= fft(velocity_opti,1024); magnitude_opti=abs(fft_opti(1:513,:)); frequency_opti=[0:1:512].*(700/1024); subplot(3,4,1),plot(frequency_opti,magnitude_opti);
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xlabel('frequency (Hz)'); ylabel('magnitude (Hz/W^2)'); title('Frequency spectra at centre of cylinder'); axis([0 400 0 350]);

%histogram for velocities at the center rawdata_0mm= importdata('0mmset1024700.csv'); u_0mm=rawdata_0mm(:,4); bins=[0:0.2:20]'; subplot(4,3,1),hist(u_0mm,bins); title('histogram for velocities at centre'); xlabel('velocity bins'); ylabel('frequency of occurance of velocity'); %%%%%%%%mean velocity and rms velocities%%%%%%%%%% rawdata_0mm=importdata('0mmset1024700.csv'); u_0mm=rawdata_0mm(:,4); u_mean_0mm=mean(u_0mm); u_rms_0mm=std(u_0mm); Umean= [ u_mean_0mm]'; Urms= [u_rms_0mm]'; wake= [ 0:10:100]'; RTI = (Urms./Umean)*(100); plot(wake,Umean,'--'); hold on ploy(wake,Urms); xlabel('distance from centre in mm') ylabel('velocity (m/s)') axis([0 100 -1 15]) legend('Umean across the wake','Urms across the wake') title('Umean and Urms profile across the wake') %%%%%%%%%relative turbulence intensity across the wake%%%%%%%%%% rawdata_0mm=importdata('0mmset1024700.csv'); u_0mm=rawdata_0mm(:,4); u_mean_0mm=mean(u_0mm); u_rms_0mm=std(u_0mm); Umean= [ u_mean_0mm]'; Urms= [u_rms_0mm]'; wake= [ 0:10:100]'; RTI = (Urms./Umean)*(100); plot(wake,RTI); xlabel('distance from centre in MM') ylabel('% of RTI'); title('Relative Turbulence intensity across the wake');
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