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Separation and free-streamline flows in a rotating fluid at low Rossby number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

Michael A. Page
Michael A. Page
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Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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Abstract

The flow past a circular cylinder in a rotating frame is examined when the Rossby number Ro is O(E½), where E is the Ekman number. Previous studies of the configuration have shown that, provided the ratio Ro/E½ is less than a certain critical value, the flow around the cylinder is determined by the classical potential-flow solution. However, once Ro/E½ is greater than that critical value the E1/4 layer on the surface of the cylinder, which is rather like a boundary layer in a high-Reynolds-number non-rotating fluid, can separate from the cylinder and distort the potential flow. In this study the form of the flow once separation has occurred is examined using a method analogous to the Kirchhoff free-streamline theory in a non-rotating fluid. The results are compared with published experimental and numerical data on the flow for various values of Ro/E½.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 179 , June 1987 , pp. 155 - 177
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© 1987 Cambridge University Press

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