Stability of Viscous Flow Past a Rotating Cylinder

That high-alpha onset occurs via monotonically growing three-dimensional disturbances suggests existence of three-dimensional steady solutions. Such solutions would correspond to three-dimensional deformations of axisymmetric toroidal vortices generated by steady cylinder rotation in an otherwise quiescent fluid (i.e., with no mean flow). The existence of such three-dimensional steady flows would explain the observations of Jaminet and Van Atta that the flow in the wake of a rotating cylinder is steady at high alpha.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mechanical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Wang, Lifeng

Contributors dc:contributor

• Pearlstein, Arne J.

• Engineering, Mechanical

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9945020

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/83986