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Rotating cylinder flow field and pressure distribution along cylinder based on Fluent

Cylinder Dimameter D=10cm, flow domain=100cm *50cm, inlet velocity=10m/s,

Re=78525.6 H/D=0.1, laminar flow

Pressure contours comparison for different rotating speed

400rad/s clockwise

500 rad/s clockwise

1000rad/s clockwise

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Pressure coefficient along the cylinder surface

400rad/s

500 rad/s

1000 rad/s

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Pressure coefficient along the ground

400rad/s

500 rad/s

1000 rad/s

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For V=0 w=200 rad/s

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