Electro-Magnetic Control of Vortex Shedding Behind a Circular Cylinder

Both open- and closed-loop control algorithms have been developed for suppressing of vortex shedding behind a circular cylinder in an electrically low-conducting fluid. For the open-loop control, the localized Lorentz forces are generated parallel to the cylinder surface, which have the accelerated effect to the fluid. Furthermore, two closed-loop control methods have been derived from the equations of motion capable of determining at all times the intensity of the Lorentz force to control the vortex shedding of a cylinder.