Shandong Science ›› 2019, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 81-87.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2019.05.010

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Study on flow field in micro-cylinder groups with different cross-section shapes by Micro-PIV method

LIU Zhi-gang, LÜ Ming-ming, KONG Ling-jian, JIA Lei, JIANG Ya-ke   

  1. Energy Research Institute,Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences),Jinan 250014,China
  • Received:2019-06-30 Published:2019-10-20 Online:2019-10-09

Abstract: The flow around staggered micro-cylinders with different cross-sectional shapes, such as circular, elliptical, and diamond, was investigated via micro particle image velocimetry (Micro-PIV). Flow field information, such as velocity field and streamline, was obtained using different Reynolds numbers(Re), and the impacts of Re and cross-sectional shape on the flow field structure were analyzed. Results show that boundary layer separation in the process of flow around the micro-cylinder lagged in comparison to macro-scale flow around the cylinder. Flow separation in the wake region of the micro-cylinder having a circular cross-section occurred earlier than those of micro-cylinders having elliptical and diamond-shaped cross-sections. A vortex structure appeared in the wake region of the micro-cylinders, and backflow length increased with the increasing Re. The backflow length and backflow area of the flow around the micro-cylinder having a circular cross-section are the largest among the three types of cross-sections.

Key words: Micro-PIV, micro-cylindergroups, flow field property, streamline, vortex

CLC Number: 

  • TK124

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