ON THE TOPOLOGICAL BIFURCATION OF FLOWS AROUND A ROTATING CIRCULAR CYLINDER

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1997-03-13
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FlowfieldsaroundarotatingcircularcylinderinauniformstreamarecomputedusingalowdimensionalGalerkinmethod.ResultsshowthattheformationofaFopplevortexpairbehindastationarycircularcylinderiscausedbythestructuralinstabilityinthevicinityofthesaddlelocatedattherearofthecylinder.Forrotatingcylinderabifurcationdiagramwiththeconsiderationoftwoparameters,ReynoldsnumberReandrotationparameterα,isbuiltbyakinematicanalysisofthesteadyflowfields.