Wind and Structures
Volume 2, Number 4, 1999, pages 253-266
DOI: 10.12989/was.1999.2.4.253
Turbulence effects on surface pressures of rectangular cylinders
Q. S. Li and W. H. Melbourne
Abstract
Turbulence effects on surface pressures of rectangular on two-dimensional rectangular cylinders. Particular attention is given to possible effects of turbulence integral scale on fluctuation and peak pressures. The mean, standard deviation, peak pressure coefficients, spectra and cross-correlation of fluctuating pressures were measured to investigate the nature of the separation and reattachment phenomenon in turbulent flows over a wide range of turbulence intensity and integral scale.
Key Words
bluff body aerodynamics; turbulence effects; surface pressures; wind tunnel testing.
Address
Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong KongrnDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia