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The present work focuses on investigating the underlying flow physics behind the transition from periodicity to aperiodicity in the flow past a harmonically plunging elliptic foil as the plunge amplitude is increased to a high value. Two-dimensional (2D) numerical simulations have been performed in the low Reynolds number regime using an in-house flow solver developed following the discrete forcing Immersed Boundary Method (IBM). To capture the aperiodic transition in the unsteady flow-field behind a flapping foil accurately, the boundary structures such as the leading-edge vortex and its evolution with time need to be resolved with maximum accuracy as they are the primary key to the manifestation of the aperiodic onset. Even a small discrepancy may result in a different dynamical state and lead to an erroneous prediction of the transition route. On the other hand, discrete forcing IBM is known to suffer from non-physical spurious oscillations of the velocity and pressure field near the boundary, which may affect the overall flow-field solution. In this regard, the present work investigates the efficacy of discrete forcing IBM in accurately capturing the transitional dynamics in the flow-field around a plunging elliptic foil by comparing its results with that of a well-validated body-fitted ALE solver.
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Majumdar, D., Bose, C., Sarkar, S. (2021). Probing into the Efficacy of Discrete Forcing Immersed Boundary Method in Capturing the Aperiodic Transition in the Wake of a Flapping Airfoil. In: Saha, S.K., Mukherjee, M. (eds) Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8315-5_24
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