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Drag cancellation by added-mass pumping

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2016

F. Giorgio-Serchi  and
G. D. Weymouth
F. Giorgio-Serchi*
Affiliation:
Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute, Fluid Structure Interaction Group, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 7QF, UK
G. D. Weymouth
Affiliation:
Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute, Fluid Structure Interaction Group, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 7QF, UK
*
†Email address for correspondence: F.Giorgio-Serchi@soton.ac.uk
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Abstract

A submerged body subject to a sudden shape change experiences large forces due to the variation of added-mass energy. While this phenomenon has been studied for single actuation events, application to sustained propulsion requires the study of periodic shape change. We do so in this work by investigating a spring–mass oscillator submerged in quiescent fluid subject to periodic changes in its volume. We develop an analytical model to investigate the relationship between added-mass variation and viscous damping, and demonstrate its range of application with fully coupled fluid–solid Navier–Stokes simulations at large Stokes number. Our results demonstrate that the recovery of added-mass kinetic energy can be used to completely cancel the viscous damping of the fluid, driving the onset of sustained oscillations with amplitudes as large as four times the average body radius $r_{0}$. A quasi-linear relationship is found to link the terminal amplitude of the oscillations $X$ to the extent of size change $a$, with $X/a$ peaking at values from 4 to 4.75 depending on the details of the shape-change kinematics. In addition, it is found that pumping in the frequency range of $1-a/2r_{0}<{\it\omega}^{2}/{\it\omega}_{n}^{2}<1+a/2r_{0}$, with ${\it\omega}/{\it\omega}_{n}$ being the ratio between frequency of actuation and natural frequency, is required for sustained oscillations. The results of this analysis shed light on the role of added-mass recovery in the context of shape-changing bodies and biologically inspired underwater vehicles.

JFM classification

Flow Control: Drag reduction Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
Type
Rapids
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 798 , 10 July 2016 , R3
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Evolution of the λ2 vortex criterion after attainment of zero-damping regime in response to the sharp and smooth radius variation profiles.

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