Von Kármán Vortex Street
Flow Speed
0.5
Cylinder Radius
20
Viscosity
0.08
Mode:
vorticity
Re =
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| St ≈
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Von Kármán vortex street: alternating vortex shedding behind a cylinder at Re ≈ 40–1000. Strouhal number St = fD/U ≈ 0.2. Simulated via lattice-Boltzmann D2Q9 BGK. Click to reposition cylinder.