Periodic Flow about Bluff Bodies. Part 1. Forces on Cylinders and Spheres in a Sinusoidally Oscillating Fluid.
Abstract
The in-line and transverse forces acting on cylinders and the in-line force acting on spheres placed in a sinusoidally oscillating fluid have been measured. The periodic flow was generated in a U-shaped vertical water channel through the use of a pneumatic oscillator. The drag, inertia and the lift coefficients as well as the total force coefficient have been determined through the use of Fourier analysis and found to depend on a period parameter. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0785853
Entities
People
- Olcay Tuter
- Turgut Sarpkaya
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School