Suppression of the vortex-induced vibration of the cylinder by the baffle plates at different submerged depths

In this paper, the suppression effect of baffle on VIV of cylinder at different depths is studied. According to two-dimensional transient model and RANS equation, VIV responses of a cylinder with two baffle plates at a fixed distance and a fixed Angle at different depths are numerically simulated. The submersion depth radio h* is mainly 1.2, 1.5, 2.5 and 5. The experimental data and predicting results are compared to display the accuracy of numerical method. When h* is 2.5, the baffle plates have the best suppression effect on VIV. Compared to the bare cylinder, the amplitude is decreased by 69%. Meanwhile, the vibration of the cylinder at different depths shows instability, and the motion response has great jitter. The lower baffle plate is subject to a unidirectional force when h* = 1.5 and 1.2.