A Solution for Laminar Flow Past a Rotating Cylinder in Crossflow
Abstract
Two-dimensional subcritical flow past a rotating cylinder has been theoretically treated to obtain agreement with the boundary-layer calculations. This study combined a source-wake bound-vortex flow model with a moving-wall boundary-layer calculation to force the final inviscid-flow model to be consistent with boundary-layer theory. Consistency was obtained by an iterative process whereby the separation points of the inviscid-flow model converged toward the separation points found by boundary-layer calculations. The boundary- layer is calculated using the integral-momentum and the integral-energy equations where the family of moving-wall similarity boundary-layer solutions provide relationships between some parameters of the equations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA016113
Entities
People
- James E. Danberg
- Kevin S. Fansler
Organizations
- Ballistic Research Laboratory