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Vortex Shedding from Smooth and Roughened Cylinders in Cross-Flow near a Plane Surface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

G. Buresti  and
A. Lanciotti
G. Buresti
Affiliation:
Institute of Aeronautics, University of Pisa, Italy
A. Lanciotti
Affiliation:
Institute of Aeronautics, University of Pisa, Italy
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Summary

The characteristics of the flow field around a circular cylinder in cross-flow placed at various distances from a plane, parallel both to the flow and to the cylinder axis, were analysed using a hot wire anemometer. Experiments were performed in a wind tunnel with Reynolds numbers ranging from 0.85×105 to 3×105. The spectra of the hot wire signals were obtained using a Fast Fourier Transform technique programmed on a PDP 11/40 computer. As regards a smooth cylinder, the main features of the vortex shedding mechanism in the subcritical regime remained unaltered for distances from the plane greater than approximately 0.4 diameters; in particular the Strouhal frequency did not show any significant variation relative to the typical value for an isolated cylinder. As for lower values of the distance from the plane, the regular vortex shedding disappeared and the hot wire spectra showed typical turbulent features. The possibility of obtaining supercritical conditions by roughening the cylinder surface was confirmed together with the importance of the Reynolds number based on the typical roughness size, Rk, in the evaluation of the flow regime around the cylinder. In the case of roughened cylinders, and with values of Rk below-350, the regular vortex shedding disappeared at a distance from the plane smaller than 0.3 diameters. This fact suggests that, at least in part of the supercritical regime, the influence of the plane can be smaller than in the subcritical regime.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 305 - 321
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1979

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