Experiments on the Flow About a Yawed Circular Cylinder,

Abstract

Experiments were performed to evaluate the influence of yaw angle on circular cylinder pressure drag and wake characteristics in the range of free-stream Reynolds numbers 5000 to 20,000. It was found that the transition in the wake from laminar to turbulent motion was significantly promoted as the angle of yaw increased. As a result, wake properties such as base pressure and shear wave or transition frequency do not obey the independence principle which requires that properties be dependent only on the normal component of the freestream conditions. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0725136

Entities

People

  • Russell A. Smith
  • Timothy W. Kao
  • Woo Taik Moon

Organizations

  • The Catholic University of America

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Pressure
  • Doppler Effect
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Free Stream
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Reynolds Number
  • Secondary Waves
  • Transitions
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.