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An inviscid model of two-dimensional vortex shedding for transient and asymptotically steady separated flow over an inclined plate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

Turgut Sarpkaya
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California 93940

Abstract

A potential flow model of two-dimensional vortex shedding behind an inclined plate is developed. The free shear layers which emanate from the sides of the plate are represented by discrete vortices through the use of the appropriate complex-velocity potential, the Kutta condition and the Joukowsky transformation between a circle and the plate cross-section. The analysis is then applied to predict the kinematic and dynamic characteristics of the flow for various angles of attack. The results compare favourably with the available experimental data as far as the form of vortex shedding and the Strouhal number are concerned. The calculated normal-force coefficients are 20−25% yo larger than those measured by Fage & Johansen (1927).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1975 Cambridge University Press

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