Experimental study on the wake behind tapered circular cylinders

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1228-1237

  Visscher, Jan ^a   Pettersen, Bjørnar ^a   Andersson, Helge I ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cellular vortex shedding; Non uniform cylinders; PIV; Turbulent

Indexed keywords

BASIC MODELS; BLUFF BODY FLOWS; BODY SHAPES; CELLULAR VORTEX SHEDDING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INFLOW CONDITIONS; LOCAL VARIATIONS; PIV; PIV TECHNIQUES; POINT-BASED; SHEDDING FREQUENCIES; SINGLE VORTICES; SPANWISE VARIATIONS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; TAPERED CYLINDERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL EFFECT; THREE-COMPONENT; TIME-DEPENDENT; TURBULENT; VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VELOCITY FIELD; VORTEX DISLOCATIONS; VORTEX STREET;

ASPECT RATIO; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAKES;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS;

EID: 81155162542     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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