Extreme Value Analysis of Fluctuating Air Loads Acting on a Cylinder

Author: Chen, Jay Chung

Year: 1967

Degree: Engineer's thesis

Advisor: Fung, Yuan-cheng

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Aeronautics

DOI: 10.7907/37E4-WS51

Abstract

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The fluctuating air loads over the surface of a smooth, cantilevered circular cylinder perpendicular to a flow in the supercritical Reynolds number ranging from [...] to [...] have been investigated according to Gumbel's extreme value theory.

The envelope of the extreme values of the pressure was found to be much greater than the static pressure and the root-mean-square values and decreased with increasing Reynolds number.

On the other hand, the envelope of the extreme values of the resultant force was generally unrelated with Reynolds number.

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