The variance and interaction of the different vortex

shedding patterns dependent on the vibration frequency

can be explained in terms of the cylinder velocity.
When the amplitude ratio is fixed, the velocity
of the vibrating cylinder varies directly with the
frequency. The faster velocity of the cylinder or the
higher frequency ratio will cause a stronger secondary
vortex. In Table 2 we give the velocity ratio for the
oscillating cylinder and the incident flow with the velocity
defined as the maximum value of the oscillating
velocity. A lot of experiment results have shown that
the velocity of the downstream moving vortex street
U.o, follows the relation of U~s ~ 0.80U~ with the
incident steady flow. So the velocity ratio of the vortex
shedding and the incident flow may give us some
information on the physical mechanism of the vortex
shedding patterns in the future research