On the drag of two-dimensional flow about a circular cylinder

Chih-yung Wen; C. L. Yeh; M. J. Wang; C. Y. Lin

doi:10.1063/1.1789071

On the drag of two-dimensional flow about a circular cylinder

Chih-yung Wen, C. L. Yeh, M. J. Wang, C. Y. Lin

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The drag force experienced by a circular cylinder in a two-dimensional (2D) flow is investigated experimentally. Both horizontal and vertical soap film tunnels are used to set up the 2D flow with Reynolds numbers Re ranging from 35 to 560 (based on the diameter of the circular cylinder). Momentum defect measurements are used to obtain the time averaged drag coefficients, via laser Doppler velocimetry. It is found that the drag curve is in good agreement with the 2D computations of Henderson [Phys. Fluids 7, 2102 (1995)]. Two separate three-dimensional instabilities of the natural wake at Re ≅ 180 and 260 are not observed in the present data. Flow visualization of the characteristic wake patterns behind a circular cylinder, as Reynolds number increases, is also presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3828-3831
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physics of Fluids
Volume	16
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1789071
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2004
Externally published	Yes

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Mechanics of Materials
Computational Mechanics
General Physics and Astronomy
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Condensed Matter Physics

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