Strouhal number universality in high-speed cylinder wake flows

A coupled Landau model describing the Strouhal–Reynolds number profile of a three-dimensional circular cylinder wake

A known bifurcation scenario describing the development and interaction of Mode A and Mode B vortex shedding modes of a circular cylinder wake is extended to predict the Strouhal–Reynolds number profile over the three-dimensional transitions. The mode amplitudes are described by coupled Landau equations and, with frequency information being included by the addition of complex coefficients, the ...

Chaos in a cylinder wake due to forcing at the Strouhal frequency

Experimental investigation for wake of the circular cylinder by attaching different number of tripping wires

An experimental study is conducted on flow past a circular cylinder fitted with some tripping wires on its surface. The work investigates the dependency of the critical wire locations on the wire size and Reynolds numbers, and examines the wake and vortex shedding characteristics in an effort to advance the understanding of the critical wire effects beyond the existing literature. The primary a...

How body torque and Strouhal number change with swimming speed and developmental stage in larval zebrafish.

Small undulatory swimmers such as larval zebrafish experience both inertial and viscous forces, the relative importance of which is indicated by the Reynolds number (Re). Re is proportional to swimming speed (vswim) and body length; faster swimming reduces the relative effect of viscous forces. Compared with adults, larval fish experience relatively high (mainly viscous) drag during cyclic swim...

Strouhal-Reynolds number relationship for vortex streets.

A rationale for the empirically observed Strouhal-Reynolds number relation for vortex shedding in the wake of a cylinder is provided. This rationale derives from a mechanism of vortex formation observed in numerical simulations of two-dimensional vortex shedding coupled with an order of magnitude estimate of the terms in the vorticity transport equation based on this mechanism.