Vortex shedding from a rectangular prism and a circular cylinder placed vertically in a turbulent boundary layer
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 126, 147-165
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112083000087
Abstract
Measurements of the vortex-shedding frequency behind a vertical rectangular prism and a vertical circular cylinder attached to a plane wall are correlated with the characteristics of the smooth-wall turbulent boundary layer in which they are immersed. Experimental data were collected to investigate the effects of (i) the aspect ratio of these bodies and (ii) the boundary-layer characteristics on the vortex-shedding frequency. The Strouhal number for the rectangular prism and the circular cylinder, defined by S = fcw/U0 and fcd/U0 respectively, was found to be expressed by a power function of the aspect ratio h/w (or h/d). Here fc is the vortex-shedding frequency, U0 is the free-stream velocity, h is the height, w is the width and d is the diameter. As the aspect ratio is reduced, the type of vortex shedding behind each of the two bodies was found to change from the Karman-type vortex to the arch-type vortex at the aspect ratio of 2·0 for the rectangular prism and 2·5 for the circular cylinder.Keywords
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