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Further experiments on steady separated flows past bluff objects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Andreas Acrivos,
L. G. Leal,
D. D. Snowden and
F. Pan
Andreas Acrivos
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, California
L. G. Leal
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, California
D. D. Snowden
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, CaliforniaPresent address: Esso Research and Engineering Co., Florham Park, New Jersey.
F. Pan
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, CaliforniaPresent address: Union Carbide Co., Plastics Division, Bound Brook, New Jersey.
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Abstract

Detailed experimental results are presented for the steady separated flow past a variety of bluff objects. Included in this work are measurements of: rear stagnation point pressure coefficients; the pressure distribution along the base of a backward-facing step; velocity profiles within the circulating wake-bubble as well as in the outer flow; lengths, maximum widths and vortex centre locations of the corresponding wake-bubbles; and the local shear stress along the surface of a circular cylinder. In every case, the experimental data were found to be consistent with the theoretical model proposed by Acrivos et al. (1965) for the steady separated flow past bluff objects in the limit of large Reynolds numbers R.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , 16 October 1968, pp. 25 - 48
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© 1968 Cambridge University Press

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