TY - JOUR
TI - Flow-induced vibrations of two tandem cylinders in a channel
AU - Jiang Ren-Jie
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2012
VL - 16
IS - 5
SP - 1377
EP - 1381
PT - Article
AB - We numerically studied flow-induced vibrations of two tandem cylinders in  transverse direction between two parallel walls. The effect of the horizontal  separation between two cylinders, ranging from 1.1 to 10, on the motions of  the cylinders and the flow structures were investigated and a variety of  periodic and non-periodic vibration regimes were observed. The results show  that when two cylinders are placed in close proximity to each other, compared  with the case of an isolated cylinder, the gap flow plays an important role.  As the separation ratio is increased, the fluid-structure interaction  decouples and the cylinders behave as two isolated cylinders.