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First,wecanconcludethatourresultsarecoherentwiththephysicalapproachandtheexperimentalresults.

ComparisonPhysicsKnowledge/Numericalsimulation
Thankstoourmodelisation,thedifferentflowpatternsdependingonReynoldsnumbervalueareobserved.The
mostimportantresultisthevisualisationofthehydrodynamicinstabilitycalled"StrouhalInstability"or"Von
KarmanVortexStreet".

ComparisonExperimentation/Numericalsimulation
Thankstoaprobeplacedjustabovethecylinder,wevisualisetheaveragevelocitymagnitude.ForaReynolds
numbergreaterthanavaluecalled'criticalReynoldsnumber',theamplitudeofthesignalbecomessinusoidal.
AnalysingthissignalfordifferentReynoldsnumber,wefoundRec=40inaccordingtotheexperimental
observation.

Secondly,wecaninterpretourresultsaboutVonKarmanVortexStreet.
Theobservationofthebeginningoftheinstabilitycanbeexplained:
mathematically,bythetheoryoftheinstability
physicallybytheboundarylayerseparation
Thepropagationoftheeddiesshedbehindthecircularcylinderisduetotheshapeofthevelocityprofile.

Finally,thenumericalsimulationisagoodwaytounderstandthephysicalaspectsofthisinstabilityand,
changinginletvelocitymagnitude,wecaneasilyobservethedifferentflowpatternsandparticularlythe
transitiontoturbulence.

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