Wang A.-B.Tr?vn??ek Z.Chia K.-C.AN-BANG WANG2020-05-052020-05-05200010706631https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0039005982&doi=10.1063%2f1.870391&partnerID=40&md5=5ec0d05fe8b59bc74ddcad15a1c108e2https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/490889The laminar vortex shedding of airflow behind a circular cylinder with different heating temperatures was experimentally investigated with emphasis on the relationship of wake frequency and the Reynolds number. A new method to generate the two-dimensional parallel vortex shedding for the heated cylinder was developed and tested. An “effective Reynolds number” that employs a kinematic viscosity computed from an “effective temperature” is used to account for the temperature effects on the vortex shedding frequency. The present result shows that the frequency data could be successfully collapsed with the effective temperature computed by Teff=T∞+0.28(TW−T∞) for a wide range of cylinder temperatures, T∞ and TW being the free-stream temperature and cylinder surface temperature, respectively. Moreover, the relationship between Strouhal number and effective Reynolds number was found to be “universal.” The physical interpretation of Teff and the applicable region of the St–Reeff curve are discussed.[SDGs]SDG14journal article10.1063/1.8703912-s2.0-0039005982