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Experiments on the flow past a circular cylinder at very high Reynolds number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Anatol Roshko
Anatol Roshko
Affiliation:
Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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Abstract

Measurements on a large circular cylinder in a pressurized wind tunnel at Reynolds numbers from 106 to 107 reveal a high Reynolds number transition in which the drag coefficient increases from its low supercritical value to a value 0.7 at R = 3.5 × 106 and then becomes constant. Also, for R > 3.5 × 106, definite vortex shedding occurs, with Strouhal number 0.27.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , May 1961 , pp. 345 - 356
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© 1961 Cambridge University Press

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