Transition in the wake of two side-by-side circular cylinders.

O método de Floquet foi utilizado para estudar a transição da esteira de dois cilindros posicionados lado a lado. Quando os cilindros estão afastados, cada cilindro possui sua própria esteira e para espaçamentos grandes (T/D > 4) a principal influência do cilindro ao lado é a sincronização das esteiras em anti-fase. A esteira em anti-fase corresponde a um escoamento simétrico em relação à linha central, igualmente espaçada em relação aos dois cilindros. Para espaçamentos com T/D 4) the main influence from the neighboring cylinder is an anti-phase synchronization of the wakes. The antiphase wake corresponds to a symmetric flow in relation to the mid-line between cylinders. When T/D < 3 the in-phase wake described by Williamson (1985) is also observed. The Floquet analysis of the symmetric anti-phase wake found an unstable mode that breaks the symmetry and triggers the transition to in-phase vortex-shedding. As the spacing is further reduced, several complex modes have Floquet multipliers that grow with the decreasing spacing and when T/D = 2 they become dominant suggesting an important role on the irregular wake regime. The presence of the neighboring cylinder also affects the transition to three-dimensional wake. Modes A and B described by Williamson (1996b) for the isolated circular cylinder are still observed but mode B is suppressed as the spacing decreases. On the other hand, mode A becomes unstable for lower Re numbers. The in-phase wake also presents modes A and B but in this case, mode B becomes unstable for lower Re numbers when compared to the single circular cylinder