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The effect of confining walls on the stability of the steady wake behind a circular cylinder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

F. H. Shair* ,
A. S. Grove ,
E. E. Petersen  and
A. Acrivos
F. H. Shair*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Present address: General Electric Company, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
A. S. Grove
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Present address: Fairchild Semiconductor, Palo Alto, California.
A. Acrivos
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Present address: Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
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Abstract

The results of an experimental investigation are presented to show that the stability of the steady laminar wake behind a circular cylinder is strongly influenced by the proximity of the walls of the confining experimental equipment.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , December 1963 , pp. 546 - 550
Copyright
© 1963 Cambridge University Press

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