Visualization of flow past square cylinders with corner modification

This article presents the results for flow past a square cylinder and two square cylinders of same and different size with corner modifications by varying the spacing ratio. Here, experimental work is conducted in a recirculatory channel filled with water. A set of aluminum discs made to rotate to create the flow in the test section. Motor is used to vary the speed of water. Fine aluminum powder is used as a tracer medium. It is observed that vortex shedding frequency decreases by placing second cylinder in the downstream of the first cylinder. For a similar size cylinders, the width of the eddy in the middle of the cylinders increases with increase in spacing ratio. With the increase of spacing ratio to 6, the flow past each cylinder behaves like single square cylinder. If upstream square cylinder size is smaller than the downstream square cylinder, the eddy size is reduced in between the cylinder compared to the downstream of the second cylinder. If upstream square cylinder size is bigger than the downstream square cylinder, the eddy size is larger in between the cylinder compared to the downstream of the second cylinder.