Fluid-Induced Loading of Cantilevered Circular Cylinders in a Low-Turbulence Uniform Flow. Part 2: Fluctuationg Loads on a Cantilever of Aspect Ratio 30

✍ Scribed by T.A. Fox; G.S. West

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 562 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0889-9746
• DOI: 10.1006/jfls.1993.1002

✦ Synopsis

Part 2 presents details of an investigation into the fluctuating loads induced on a smooth, cantilevered circular cylinder with an aspect ratio of 30 immersed in a low-turbulence uniform flow. Experiments were carried out in a wind tunnel at a Reynolds number of (4.4 \times 10^{4}) and involved the measurement of fluctuating pressures and forces. Oil-flow visualization was performed to determine the flow pattern at the surface of the cylinder. The results reveal the nature of the disturbance induced by the flow around the free-end of a cantilever and the full extent of the spanwise variation of fluctuating pressures and forces.