The effects of surface roughness on the flow past circular cylinders at high Reynolds numbers
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 123, 363-378
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112082003103
Abstract
Measurements of’ the mean-pressure distribution and the Strouhal number on a smooth circular cylinder, circular cylinders with distributed roughness, and circular cylinders with narrow roughness strips were made over a Reynolds-number range 4.0 × l04 to 1.7 × l06 in a uniform flow. A successful high-Reynolds-number (trans- critical) simulation for a smooth circular cylinder is obtained using a smooth circular cylinder with roughness strips. High-Reynolds-number simulation can only be obtained by roughness strips and not by distributed roughness. A similarity parameter correlating the pressure distributions on circular cylinders with distributed roughness in the supercritical range is presented. The same parameter can also be applicable to the drag coefficients of spheres with distributed roughness.Keywords
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