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The interaction between a pair of circular cylinders normal to a stream

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

P. W. Bearman  and
A. J. Wadcock
P. W. Bearman
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College, London
A. J. Wadcock
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College, London Present address: Aeronautics Department, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.
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Abstract

This paper describes how the flows around two circular cylinders, displaced in a plane normal to the free stream, interact as the two bodies are brought close together. Surface pressure measurements at a Reynolds number of 2·5 × 104, based on the diameter of a single cylinder, show the presence of a mean repulsive force between the cylinders. An instability of the flow was found when the gap between the cylinders was in the range between one diameter and about 0·1 of a diameter. Correlation measurements of hot-wire outputs indicate how mutual interference influences the formation of vortex streets from the two cylinders. Spanwise correlation measurements show that the correlation length doubles as the cylinders are brought into contact.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , 20 November 1973 , pp. 499 - 511
Copyright
© 1973 Cambridge University Press

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