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• TITLE: Universality of Periodic Oscillation Induced in Side Branch of a T-Junction in Numerical Simulation

  AUTHORS: Ryuhei Yamaguchi, Gaku Tanaka, Tadashi Nakagawa, Atsushi Shirai, Hao Liu, Toshiyuki Hayase

  KEYWORDS: Flow Instability, Fluid-Induced Oscillation, Numerical Simulation, SIMPLER Method, T-Junction

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Flow Control, Measurement & Visualization, Vol.5 No.4, August 23, 2017

  ABSTRACT: The flow instability through the side branch of a T-junction is analyzed in a numerical simulation. In a previous experimental study, the authors clarified the mechanism of fluid-induced vibration in the side branch of the T-junction in laminar steady flow through the trunk. However, in that approach there were restrictions with respect to extracting details of flow behavior such as the flow instability and the distribution of wall shear stress along the wall. Here the spatial growth of the velocity perturbation at the upstream boundary of the side branch is investigated. The simulation result indicates that a periodic velocity fluctuation introduced at the upstream boundary is amplified downstream, in good agreement with experimental result. The fluctuation in wall shear stress because of the flow instability shows local extrema in both the near and distal walls. From the numerical simulation, the downstream fluid oscillation under a typical condition has a Strouhal number of 1.05, which approximately agrees with the value obtained in experiments. Therefore, this periodic oscillation motion is a universal phenomenon in the side branch of a T-junction.