摘要
The major causes of the sound pressure level (SPL) variation due to the changes of the inclined angle of a circular cylinder and the aspect ratio (ratio of distance between endplates to cylinder diameter) were investigated. The velocity fluctuation of the wake and the surface pressure fluctuation of the cylinder were measured in a low noise wind tunnel to find the correlation length, coherent output power and Strouhal number. The results show that the changes of these values qualitatively correspond with the change of SPL. Flow visualization tests are performed to clarify the variation of wake in relation with inclined angle and aspect ratio. It is found that the spanwise structure of Karman’s vortex street is broken down by the upward flows generated around the bottom endplate, and the degree of the interference between the upward flow and Karman’s vortex street is smaller when the aspect ratio is larger.
