VORTEX WAKES FROM FLEXIBLE CIRCULAR CYLINDERS AT LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS.

Abstract

The study is related to the flexible circular cylinder in the Reynolds number range from 30 to 500. The shedding features of flexible cables are studied and general characteristics of vortex shedding are interpreted from diagnostic observations. The study has two objectives: (1) to observe and analyze the vortex shedding features characteristic of a flexible cable that is flow-excited into standing wave oscillations; and (2) to perform a diagnostic investigation of the spanwise shedding phenomenon when the vortex shedding is both dependent and independent of the oscillating motion. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 07, 1970
Accession Number
AD0710397

Entities

People

  • J. R. Date
  • R. A. Holler

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Observation
  • Oscillation
  • Physics
  • Reynolds Number
  • Standing Waves
  • Vortex Shedding
  • Vortices
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.