FLOW AROUND A FINITE CIRCULAR CYLINDER ON A FLAT PLATE (CYLINDER HEIGHT GREATER THAN TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS).

Abstract

Some flow visualization experiments and measurements of surface pressure, Strouhal number, etc. around a finite circular cylinder on a flat plate have been performed in order to study the effect of a three-dimensional flow. The slenderness parameter of the cylinder is in a range of 1/d equals 1 approx. 8, where the slenderness parameter influences remarkably the flow behavior. Based on results of analyzing the mean and periodic motion in the near-wake flow, flow models around the finite height cylinder are obtained.