KUTTA–JOUKOWSKI THEOREM

KUTTA–JOUKOWSKI THEOREM

KUTTA–JOUKOWSKI THEOREM – relation

between force acting on a body and vortex
circulation.
 KUTTA–JOUKOWSKI THEOREM

Flow about a circular cylinder

V∞

V = 2Vsin
 KUTTA–JOUKOWSKI THEOREM

Flow about a circular cylinder

Where:

V= tangential velocity in ft/s or m/s

V= freestream velocity in ft/s or m/s
θ= angle through the point on the surface of the
cylinder with the main direction of the
Airflow in deg.
 KUTTA–JOUKOWSKI THEOREM

Flow about a circular cylinder

By Incompressible Bernoulli Equation:

P V2 P V 2
  
 2  2

P  P 
1
2

2  V2
 V 
P  P 
1
2
 V
2  2V sin 2
 
P  P 
  V 2
2

1  4 sin 2  
 KUTTA–JOUKOWSKI THEOREM

Flow about a circular cylinder

Where:

P = pressure at any point on the surface of a circular cylinder in psf or Pa

P = freestream pressure in psf or Pa

 = freestream density in slug/ft3 or kg/m3

 KUTTA–JOUKOWSKI THEOREM

Flow about a circular cylinder

Problems:

1. A uniform current of air with a speed of 100ft. per secflows around a circular
cylinder. At a distance from the cylinder the pressure is atmospheric. What is
the pressure at a point on the surface of the cylinder so located that a radial line
through the point makes an angle of 150 with the direction of airflow?

2. For the flow in the above problem, what is the pressure on the cylinder
surface at a 90o , 170o,195o,270o,320 o arc from the direction of airflow?