Flow dynamics and forces associated with a cylinder rolling along a wall

Bronwyn E. Stewart (1) , Mark C. Thompson (1) , Kerry Hourigan (1) , Thomas Leweke (2)

1 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering [Victoria]]
2 IRPHE - Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre

The wake flow structures and the drag force for a cylinder rolling along a wall without slipping were calculated for the Reynolds number range 20

Domaines: Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]

Bronwyn E. Stewart, Mark C. Thompson, Kerry Hourigan, Thomas Leweke. Flow dynamics and forces associated with a cylinder rolling along a wall. Physics of Fluids, 2006, 18 (11), pp.111701. ⟨10.1063/1.2375062⟩. ⟨hal-00113416⟩