Variable free stream

In this notebook we will simulate the flow with a time-varying free stream past a stationary body. To demonstrate this, we will solve for oscillatory flow past a rectangular object, in which the $x$ component of the free stream is

\[U_\infty(t) = A \sin(\Omega t)\]

using ViscousFlow

using Plots
using Statistics

Problem specification

We will set the Reynolds number to 200

my_params = Dict()
my_params["Re"] = 200

200

In order to set a time-varying free stream, we have to define a function that provides the instantaneous free stream components and pass that function into the system definition. In this function, we will use the OscillatoryDOF function (available via the RigidBodyTools.jl package) to create the modulated free stream. To demonstrate its possibilities, we will pass in the parameters for the sinusoid via the my_params dictionary. The "freestream average" specifies a mean free stream, if desired.

my_params["freestream average"] = 0.0
my_params["freestream frequency"]  = 2.0
my_params["freestream amplitude"] = 0.5
my_params["freestream phase"] = π/2

1.5707963267948966

Now we define the function. We can call it anything we want, but it has to have the argument signature as shown. The Sinusoid function is used, with the shift operator >> to apply any phase lag.

function my_freestream(t,phys_params)
    U = phys_params["freestream average"]
    Ω = phys_params["freestream frequency"]
    Ax = phys_params["freestream amplitude"]
    ϕx = phys_params["freestream phase"]
    kin = OscillatoryDOF(Ax,Ω,ϕx,U)

    Vinf_angle = get(phys_params,"freestream angle",0.0)
    Vinf_amp = dof_velocity(kin(t))

    Uinf = Vinf_amp*cos(Vinf_angle)
    Vinf = Vinf_amp*sin(Vinf_angle)
    return Uinf, Vinf
end

my_freestream (generic function with 1 method)

The freestream function is passed in via the "freestream" key in the parameters Dict.

my_params["freestream"] = my_freestream

my_freestream (generic function with 1 method)

Now let us carry on with the other usual steps:

Discretize

xlim = (-2.0,2.0)
ylim = (-1.5,1.5)
my_params["grid Re"] = 4.0
g = setup_grid(xlim,ylim,my_params)

PhysicalGrid{2}((208, 160), (104, 80), 0.02, ((-2.06, 2.06), (-1.58, 1.58)), 4)

Set up bodies

Here, we will set up an ellipse in the center of the domain

Δs = surface_point_spacing(g,my_params)
body = Ellipse(0.25,0.5,Δs)

joint = Joint(RigidTransform([0.0,0.0],0.0))
m = RigidBodyMotion(joint,body)
x = init_motion_state(body,m)
update_body!(body,x,m)

Elliptical body with 84 points and semi-axes (0.25,0.5)
   Current position: (0.0,0.0)
   Current angle (rad): 0.0

plot(body,xlim=xlim,ylim=ylim)

Construct the system structure

This step is like the previous notebooks:

sys = viscousflow_system(g,body,phys_params=my_params,motions=m);

Initialize

Now, we initialize with zero vorticity

u0 = init_sol(sys)

(Dual nodes in a (nx = 208, ny = 160) cell grid of type Float64 data
  Number of Dual nodes: (nx = 208, ny = 160), [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0  …  0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0, 0.0])

and create the integrator

tspan = (0.0,10.0)
integrator = init(u0,tspan,sys)

t: 0.0
u: (Dual nodes in a (nx = 208, ny = 160) cell grid of type Float64 data
  Number of Dual nodes: (nx = 208, ny = 160), [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0  …  0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0, 0.0])

Solve

Now we are ready to solve the problem. Let's advance the solution to $t = 2.5$.

@time step!(integrator,2.5)

 17.781194 seconds (81.95 M allocations: 3.535 GiB, 11.89% gc time, 38.84% compilation time)

Examine

Let's look at the flow field at the end of this interval

sol = integrator.sol
plt = plot(layout = (2,2), size = (800, 600), legend=:false)
tsnap = 1.0:0.5:2.5
for (i, t) in enumerate(tsnap)
    plot!(plt[i],vorticity(sol,sys,t),sys,layers=false,title="t = $(round(t,digits=2))",clim=(-10,10),levels=range(-10,10,length=30),color = :RdBu)
    plot!(plt[i],surfaces(sol,sys,t))
end
plt

Compute the force history

Just as we did for the stationary body in a constant free stream

mom, fx, fy = force(sol,sys,1);

Plot them

plot(
plot(sol.t,2*fx,xlim=(0,Inf),ylim=(-6,6),xlabel="Convective time",ylabel="\$C_D\$",legend=:false),
plot(sol.t,2*fy,xlim=(0,Inf),ylim=(-6,6),xlabel="Convective time",ylabel="\$C_L\$",legend=:false),
    size=(800,350)
)

The mean drag and lift coefficients are

meanCD = mean(2*fx[3:end])

-1.0992584948600383

meanCL = mean(2*fy[3:end])

-5.884103542984078e-11

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