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Experimental determination of the main features of the viscous flow in the wake of a circular cylinder in uniform translation. Part 1. Steady flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2006

Madeleine Coutanceau  and
Roger Bouard
Madeleine Coutanceau
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides, Université de Poitiers, France
Roger Bouard
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides, Université de Poitiers, France
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Abstract

A visualization method is used to obtain the main features of the hydrodynamic field for flow past a circular cylinder moving at a uniform speed in a direction perpendicular to its generating lines in a tank filled with a viscous liquid. Photographs are presented to show the particular fineness of the experimental technique. More especially, the closed wake and the velocity distribution behind the obstacle are investigated; the changes in the geometrical parameters describing the eddies with Reynolds number (5 < Re < 40) and with the ratio λ between the diameters of the cylinder and tank are given. A comparison with existing numerical and experimental results is presented and some remarks are made about the calculation techniques proposed up to the present. The limits of the Reynolds-number range for which the twin vortices exist and adhere stably to the cylinder are determined.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 79 , Issue 2 , 22 February 1977 , pp. 231 - 256
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© 1977 Cambridge University Press

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