Published October 26, 1987
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Journal article
Absolute instabilities and self-sustained oscillations in the wake of circular cylinders
Creators
- 1. Ocean Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Description
The Karman vortex street in the wake of a circular cylinder is shown to be due to an absolute instability of the flow in the near wake. A new means of instability analysis is used, involving mappings from the complex k plane to the complex ω plane
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 59
- Journal Issue
- 17
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 1914-1917
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19019944
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ABSOLUTE INSTABILITIES; CIRCULAR CONFIGURATION; CYLINDERS; FLOW MODELS; OSCILLATION MODES; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICES
- Descriptors DEC
- CONFIGURATION; FLUID FLOW; INSTABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA INSTABILITY