TY - JOUR
T1 - A 3D Numerical Method for Studying Vortex Formation Behind a Moving Plate
AU - T. Y. Hou, V. G. Stredie & T. Y. Wu
JO - Communications in Computational Physics
VL - 2
SP - 207
EP - 228
PY - 2006
DA - 2006/01
SN - 1
DO - http://doi.org/
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/7955.html
KW - 
AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">In this paper, we introduce a three-dimensional numerical method for computing
the wake behind a flat plate advancing perpendicular to the flow. Our numerical
method is inspired by the panel method of J. Katz and A. Plotkin [J. Katz and
A. Plotkin, Low-speed Aerodynamics, 2001] and the 2D vortex blob method of Krasny
[R. Krasny, Lectures in Appl. Math., 28 (1991), pp. 385–402]. The accuracy of the
method will be demonstrated by comparing the 3D computation at the center section
of a very high aspect ratio plate with the corresponding two-dimensional computation.
Furthermore, we compare the numerical results obtained by our 3D numerical
method with the corresponding experimental results obtained recently by Ringuette
[M. J. Ringuette, Ph.D. Thesis, 2004] in the towing tank. Our numerical results are
shown to be in excellent agreement with the experimental results up to the so-called
formation time.</p>