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Vortex-induced vibrations of a long flexible circular cylinder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

D. Brika  and
A. Laneville
D. Brika
Affiliation:
Département de génie mécanique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
A. Laneville
Affiliation:
Département de génie mécanique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
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Abstract

In an experimental study of the vortex-induced oscillations of a long flexible circular cylinder, the observed stationary amplitudes describe an hysteresis loop partially different from earlier studies. Each branch of the loop is associated with a vortex shedding mode and, as a jump from one branch to the other occurs, the phase difference between the cylinder displacement and the vortex shedding undergoes an abrupt change. The critical flow velocities at which the jump occurs concur with the flow visualization observations of Williamson & Roshko (1988) on the vortex shedding modes near the fundamental synchronization region. Impulsive regimes, obtained at a given flow velocity with the cylinder initially at rest or pre-excited, and progressive regimes resulting from a variation of the flow velocity, are examined. The occurrence of bifurcations is detected for a flow velocity range in the case of the impulsive regimes. The coordinates of the bifurcations define a boundary between two vortex shedding modes, a boundary that verifies the critical curve obtained by Williamson & Roshko (1988). The experimental set-up of this study simulates half the wavelength of a vibrating cable, eliminates the end effects present in oscillating rigid cylinder set-up and has one of the lowest damping ratios reported for the study of this phenomenon.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 250 , May 1993 , pp. 481 - 508
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© 1993 Cambridge University Press

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