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A series of three-dimensional numerical simulations is carried out to investigate the effect of inclined angle on flow behavior behind two side-by-side inclined cylinders at low Reynolds number Re=100 and small spacing ratio T/D=1.5 (T is the center-to-center distance between two side-by-side cylinders, D is the diameter of cylinder). The instantaneous and time-averaged flow fields, force coefficients and Strouhal numbers are analyzed. Special attention is focused on the axial flow characteristics with variation of the inclined angle. The results show that the inclined angle has a significant effect on the gap flow behaviors behind two inclined cylinders. The vortex shedding behind two cylinders is suppressed with the increase of the inclined angle as well as the flip-flop gap flow. Moreover, the mean drag coefficient, root-mean-square lift coefficient and Strouhal numbers decrease monotonously with the increase of the inclined angle, which follows the independent principle at small inclined angles.
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Foundation item: This research was financially supported by Joint Key Funds of Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China and Powerchina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited (Grant No. LHZ19E090004), and the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFD0900901).
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Liu, C., Gao, Yy., Qu, Xc. et al. Numerical Simulation on Flow Past Two Side-by-Side Inclined Circular Cylinders at Low Reynolds Number. China Ocean Eng 33, 344–355 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-019-0033-5
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