%0 Journal Article %A Sharul S. Dol and U. Azimov and Robert J. Martinuzzi %D 2012 %J International Journal of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 72, 2012 %T Statistical Description in the Turbulent Near Wake of a Rotating Circular Cylinder %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/8302 %V 72 %X Turbulence studies were made in the wake of a rotating circular cylinder in a uniform free stream. The interest was to examine the turbulence properties at the suppression of periodicity in vortex formation process. An experimental study of the turbulent near wake of a rotating circular cylinder was made at a Reynolds number of 9000 for velocity ratios, λ between 0 and 2.7. Hot-wire anemometry and particle image velocimetry results indicate that the rotation of the cylinder causes significant changes in the vortical activities. The turbulence quantities are getting smaller as λ increases due to suppression of coherent vortex structures. %P 2706 - 2710