LIST OF FIGURES 



Figure 2.1 The cross flow displacement amplitude 2YID for a circular cylinder plotted against the re- 

 duced velocity V^ = Vj f„D. 



Figure 2.2 Maximum vortex-excited cross flow displacement 2 Keff.max of circular cylinders, scaled as 

 in equation (2.3), as a function of the reduced damping ^^/u, = l-nSf-ks. 



Figure 2.3 The inertia coefficient C„/, at the vibration frequency plotted against the reduced velocity V^ 

 for YID = 0.5. 



Figure 2.4 The "drag" coefficient Q/, at the vibration frequency plotted against the reduced velocity V^ 

 for YID = 0.5. 



Figure 2.5 The inertia coefficient C„/, at the vibration frequency plotted against the reduced velocity V^ 

 for YID = 0.75. 



Figure 2.6 The "drag" coefficient Q/, at the vibration frequency plotted against the reduced velocity V^ 

 for YID = 0.75. 



Figure 2.7 The excitation component Q^ of the lift force plotted against the vortex-excited cross flow 

 displacement 2Yi:FfM4x (pealc-to-peak), as in equation (2.3). 



Figure 2.8 The fluid reaction coefficient Cre plotted against the maximum cross flow displacement 

 2 Ym^x for a circular cylinder vibrating in uniform flow. 



Figure 2.9 The ratio of the steady drag coefficient Q) due to vortex-excited cross flow oscillations and 

 the steady drag coefficient Cdq on a stationary circular cylinder plotted against the walce response 

 parameter w,. 



