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Unsteady flow near a moving cylinder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

A. P. Dowling
A. P. Dowling
Affiliation:
Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK
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Abstract

General representations are derived for both the velocity potential and the surface pressure fluctuations induced by an arbitrary distribution of vorticity near a manoeuvring cylinder. The cylinder is inextensible and in unsteady motion. Its axis may be slightly curved, with radius of curvature large in comparison with the cylinder radius.

Two model problems are considered in detail to investigate the effect of lateral displacements of a cylinder with an established boundary layer. The boundary layer on the flexible cylinder is found to be shed once the lateral displacement of the cylinder axis exceeds the boundary-layer thickness. The unsteady pressures generated by this vortex shedding are investigated.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 278 , 10 November 1994 , pp. 363 - 390
Copyright
© 1994 Cambridge University Press

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