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Here we present the results of experimental investigation of a cross flow around a circular cylinder mounted near the wall of a channel with rectangular cross section. The experiments were carried out in the range of Reynolds numbers corresponding to the transition to turbulence in a wake of the cylinder. Flow visualization and SIV-measurements of instantaneous velocity fields were carried out. Evolution of the flow pattern behind the cylinder and formation of the regular vortex structures were analyzed. It is shown that in the case of flow around the cylinder, there is no spiral motion of fluid from the side walls of the channel towards its symmetry plane, typical of the flow around a spanwise rib located on the channel wall. The laminar-turbulent transition in the wake of the cylinder is caused by the shear layer instability.
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The work was financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Project No. 16-19-10336).
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Okhotnikov, D.I., Molochnikov, V.M., Mazo, A.B. et al. Viscous near-wall flow in a wake of circular cylinder at moderate Reynolds numbers. Thermophys. Aeromech. 24, 873–882 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869864317060063
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