Periodic flow about bluff bodies. part 1: Forces on cylinders and spheres in a sinusoidally oscillating fluid

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Authors
Sarpkaya, Turgut
Tuter, Olcay
Subjects
Oscillating flow
Wave forces
Drag and inertia coefficients. Cylinders and spheres in an oscillating flow.
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Date of Issue
1974-09
Date
September 1973-1974
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The in-line and transverse forces acting on cylinders and the in-line force acting on spheres placed in a sinusoidally oscillating fluid have been measured. The periodic flow was generated in a U-shaped vertical water channel through the use of a pneumatic oscillator.
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Technical Report
Description
Part of the results have been presented at the 14th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Copenhagen Denmark, June 24-28, 1974.
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Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-59SL74091
Sponsors
supported by the National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C. 20550
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NA
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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