Kármán vortex street

 

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Name:

Stabilität einer Kármánschen Wirbelstraße

Duration:

4:12

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720x576 (PAL)

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DivX 5.02 (32 MB)

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German/German


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Vortex streets occure in nature and technics


Fig. 1: vortex street of clouds near Guadeloupe


Fig. 2: vortices behind an airplane


Fig. 3: vortex behind starting airplane

Experimental setup


Fig. 4: soap film as fluid for observation of vortices


Fig. 5: position of the observed part of the soap film


Fig. 6: visualization of vortices by means of interference effects

Observations


Fig. 7: alternate separation of vortices


Fig. 8: vortices with clockwise and anti clockwise rotation

Stability of Kármánschen vortex street


Fig. 9: vortices of clouds near arctis


Fig. 10: literature


Fig. 11: ideal model of vortex street


Fig. 12: discussion of two different cases


Fig. 13: Kármán's stability criterion


Fig. 14: confirmation of stability criterion by experimental data