Cross-wind flows around two simplified high-speed trains with different nose shapes are studied using large-eddy simulation (LES) with the standard Smagorinsky model. The Reynolds number is based on the height of the train and the freestream velocity. The cross section and the length of the two train models are identical while one model has a nose length twice that of the other. The three-dimensional effects of the nose on the flow structures in the wake and on the aerodynamic quantities such as lift and side force coefficients, flow patterns, local pressure coefficient, and wake frequencies are investigated. The short-nose train simulation shows highly unsteady and three-dimensional flow around the nose yielding more vortex structures in the wake. These structures result in a surface flow that differs from that in the long-nose train flow. They also influence the dominating frequencies that arise due to the shear-layer instabilities. Prediction of vortex shedding, flow patterns in the train surface, and time-averaged pressure distribution obtained from the long-nose train simulation are in good agreement with the available experimental data.
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LES Study of the Influence of a Train-Nose Shape on the Flow Structures Under Cross-Wind Conditions
Hassan Hemida,
Hassan Hemida
Division of Fluid Dynamics, Department of Applied Mechanics,
Chalmers University of Technology
, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden hassan.hemida@epsilon.nuhemida@chalmers.se
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Siniša Krajnović
Siniša Krajnović
Division of Fluid Dynamics, Department of Applied Mechanics,
Chalmers University of Technology
, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Hassan Hemida
Division of Fluid Dynamics, Department of Applied Mechanics,
Chalmers University of Technology
, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden hassan.hemida@epsilon.nuhemida@chalmers.se
Siniša Krajnović
Division of Fluid Dynamics, Department of Applied Mechanics,
Chalmers University of Technology
, SE-41296 Gothenburg, SwedenJ. Fluids Eng. Sep 2008, 130(9): 091101 (12 pages)
Published Online: August 12, 2008
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Received:
December 20, 2006
Revised:
April 26, 2008
Published:
August 12, 2008
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Hemida, H., and Krajnović, S. (August 12, 2008). "LES Study of the Influence of a Train-Nose Shape on the Flow Structures Under Cross-Wind Conditions." ASME. J. Fluids Eng. September 2008; 130(9): 091101. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2953228
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