The effect of Reynolds number on a turbulent far-wake |
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Authors: | Y Zhou R A Antonia W K Tsang |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mechanical Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HK;(2) Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Nescastle, N.S.W., 2308, Australia, AU |
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Abstract: | The turbulent far-waked generated by a circular cylinder is investigated for two values (1350 and 4600) of the Reynolds number Re θ (based on the free stream velocity and the momentum thickness). Two arrays of sixteen X-wires, eight in the (x,?y)-plane and eight in the (x,?z)-plane, are used to capture the main features of the large-scale motion in two orthogonal planes. Both the magnitude of the measured Reynolds stresses and the size of the two-point velocity and vorticity correlation contours increase with Reynolds number. The probability density function and spectra of the velocity signals also exhibit differences with Re θ. A comparison of centerline turbulence intensities with those in the literature suggests that the Reynolds number dependence may disappear for Re θ?5000. |
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