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The experimental results of studying the effect of homogeneous stratification of the fluid on the conditions of generation of a Kárman vortex street [1] developing in the wake of a cylinder in steady horizontal motion are described. In a homogeneous medium at Reynolds numbers Re >5 two symmetrical regions of vorticity of opposite sign are formed behind the cylinder and move together with the latter. As the speed of the cylinder increases, the link between the vortices and the cylinder grows weaker, the vortices are stretched out along the flow and at Re > 40 begin to separate alternately, forming a vortex street in the wake. At first, the frequency of vortex separation increases sharply with increase in Re, but then levels off. It is found that in a uniformly stratified fluid the onset of vortex separation from the moving cylinder is delayed. The dependence of the critical Reynolds number (onset of vortex separation) on the internal Froude number is obtained. The effect of stratification of the fluid on the frequency of separation of the vortices in the Kármán street is investigated. The effect of the Froude number on the dependence of the Strouhal number on the Reynolds number is established.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 83–86, January–February, 1986.
In conclusion the authors wish to thank A. T. Onufriev for his interest in their work and useful discussions of the results.
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Kirillov, V.P., Mozhaev, V.V., Skorovarov, V.E. et al. Effect of homogeneous stratification of the fluid on the dynamics of a kármán vortex street behind a circular cylinder. Fluid Dyn 21, 70–73 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01051103
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