Governing Equation
The frequency at which vortex shedding takes place for a cylinder is related to the Strouhal number by the following equation:
Where is the Strouhal number, is the vortex shedding frequency, is the diameter of the cylinder, and is the flow velocity.
The Strouhal number depends on the body shape and on the Reynolds number.
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