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Direct numerical simulation and visualization of three-dimensional separated flows of a homogeneous incompressible viscous fluid are used to comprehensively describe different mechanisms of vortex formation behind a sphere at moderate Reynolds numbers (200 ≤ Re ≤ 380). For 200 < Re ≤ 270 a steady-state rectilinear double-filament wake is formed, while for Re > 270 it is a chain of vortex loops. The three unsteady periodic flow patterns corresponding to the 270 < Re ≤ 290, 290 < Re ≤ 320, and 320 < Re ≤ 380 ranges are characterized by different vortex formation mechanisms. Direct numerical simulation is based on the Meranzh (SMIF) method of splitting in physical factors with an explicit hybrid finite-difference scheme which possesses the following properties: secondorder approximation in the spatial variables, minimal scheme viscosity and dispersion, and monotonicity. Two different vortex identification techniques are used for visualizing the vortex structures within the wake.

Abs ract : For the detailed investigation of the 3D unsteady incompressible viscous separated fluid flows around a sphere (for 200dRed700) and a circular cylinder (for 200dRed400) the direct numerical simulation and 3D visualization are used. For 3D visualization of the fluid flows around a sphere the definition of vortex core as a connected region containing two negative eigenvalues of the S S t 2 +: 2 tensor is used (where S Si,j and :i,j are the rate of strain and the rate of rotation tensors). The formation mechanism of vortices in the sphere wake for Re=500 is described in detail. For 3D visualization of the fluid flows around a circular cylinder the 3D isosurfaces of the streamwise component of vorticity Zx are used.

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