THE INCOMPRESSIBLE LAMINAR AXISYMMETRIC WAKE BEHIND A VERY SLENDER CYLINDER IN AXIAL FLOW,

Abstract

An attempt is made to solve the near wake problem behind a very slender cylinder in axisymmetric incompressible laminar flow by a series expansion method. Although the solution thus found applies only up to a very limited distance downstream of the base, it exhibits important differences with the corresponding two-dimensional problem of the wake behind a flat plate, which are characteristic of the axisymmetry of the flow. This series expansion and an asymptotic expansion for the far wake region are compared with a simple solution obtained by linearizing the momentum equation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 03, 1964
Accession Number
AD0436584

Entities

People

  • Henri Viviand
  • Stanley A. Berger

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymptotic Series
  • Axial Flow
  • Axisymmetric
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Laminar Flow
  • Mathematics
  • Momentum
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Operations Research