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We will reiterate the solution using time step size of 0.2s follow by 0.1s. Increase the number of time steps accordingly to capture 10 shedding cycles. If you don't capture enough shedding cycles after initial iteration, just continue the iteration. The reason we need at least 10 sustained shedding cycle is that we would want to calculate the shedding frequency.

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Note: No reinitialization is needed because since previous solution should give us a good approximation of current solution with smaller time step. Another advantage of not reinitialize the problem is that, we can keep all our CL data in a single file name: "cl-history".

 

Strouhal Number Comparison

Using method taught in Step 6, calculate the Strouhal Number for time steps size of 0.2 and 0.1. Following table summarized the result.

|Time Step (s)|0.1|0.2|0.4|

|Strouhal Number|0.1878|0.182|0.172|

|Difference (%)|3|6|0|

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C.H.K Williamson and G.L. Brown, A Series in to representat the Strouhal-Reynolds number relationship of the cylinder wake, J. Fluids Struc. 12,1073 (1998).

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