Analysis of stresses due to flow past a circular cylinder by a numerical technique

Abstract

An analysis has been presented to calculate the stresses and deformations in a cylinder, due to flow of ideal fluid past a stationary circular cylinder, by adopting a numerical technique. The cylinder has been considered to be a thick specimen under plane strain loading conditions. The pressure distribution on the cylinder surface has been approximated by Fourier series. The solution has been obtained by using Airy's stress function approach. It has been observed that the values for maximum and minimum stresses and deformations are quite remote from those of the values for a cylinder having uniform pressure.