Accession Number:
AD0436584
Title:
THE INCOMPRESSIBLE LAMINAR AXISYMMETRIC WAKE BEHIND A VERY SLENDER CYLINDER IN AXIAL FLOW,
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Corporate Author:
CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY INST OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH
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Report Date:
1964-02-03
Pagination or Media Count:
46.0
Abstract:
An attempt is made to solve the near wake problem behind a very slender cylinder in axisymmetric incompressible laminar flow by a series expansion method. Although the solution thus found applies only up to a very limited distance downstream of the base, it exhibits important differences with the corresponding two-dimensional problem of the wake behind a flat plate, which are characteristic of the axisymmetry of the flow. This series expansion and an asymptotic expansion for the far wake region are compared with a simple solution obtained by linearizing the momentum equation. Author