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Oscillatory flows at intermediate Strouhal number in asymmetric channels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

Ian J. Sobey
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, U.K.

Abstract

We consider separated oscillatory flows in asymmetric channels when the Strouhal number is sufficiently great for the flow not to be quasi-steady, but where the flow is not dominated by viscous effects. In this range, we show that numerical calculations predict the expansion of vortices during a deceleration and we investigate these flows in several different geometries. These calculations are supported by experimental observations of the motion of small particles immersed in water.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1982 Cambridge University Press

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