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Near-wake structure of an oscillating cylinder: effect of controlled shear-layer vortices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

C. K. Chyu  and
D. Rockwell
C. K. Chyu
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
D. Rockwell
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
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Abstract

The instantaneous structure of the near wake of a cylinder subjected to small-amplitude perturbations is characterized using high-image-density particle image velocimetry. Emphasis is on control of the small-scale shear-layer vortices, which feed into the Kármán vortices. Modifications of the Kármán vortex formation are classified according to patterns of modulated and locked-on shear-layer vortices. The formation length of the Kármán vortices can be dramatically shortened and, in the limiting case, occur adjacent to the base of the cylinder when it is perturbed at the inherent instability frequency of the shear layer and its subharmonics. Moreover, the induced shear-layer vortices can lead to large-amplitude transverse undulations of the entire near-wake region during formation of the Kármán vortices.

These variations of the near-wake structure are further elucidated by considering the transient response of the wake, induced by abrupt cessation and onset of periodic motion of the cylinder. Distinctive intermediate states of the wake arise during relaxation to its asymptotic state; such relaxation requires a very large number of periods of the inherent instability of the shear layer.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 322 , 10 September 1996 , pp. 21 - 49
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© 1996 Cambridge University Press

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