Strouhal is an English word starting with the letter S. With 10+ example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Strouhal in a sentence
Using Strouhal
- In the example corpus, strouhal often appears in combinations such as: strouhal number, the strouhal, acoustical strouhal.
Context around Strouhal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Strouhal
- In this selection, "strouhal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, acoustical, mechanical, device, numbers and appears stand out and add context to how "strouhal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the acoustical strouhal number and al found strouhal numbers between. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "strouhal" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with strouhal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Once again the magic number of Strouhal appears. (8 words)
Poblete, et al., found Strouhal numbers between 0.12 and 0.18. (12 words)
At higher speeds the Strouhal Number is close to that for the Aeolian tone. (14 words)
A review of the literature Etkin, B., Ribner, H. "Canadian research on aerodynamic noise", Review 13, Institute of Physics, Univ. Toronto, 1958 produced the figure on the right for the Strouhal number. (32 words)
This equation may be referred to as a fluid mechanical Strouhal number in comparison with the second version which may be referred to as the acoustical Strouhal number. (28 words)
As the flow speed increases (Reynolds number - Re) the frequency slowly climbs (nearly constant Strouhal number -St) but then the frequency jumps up abruptly to a higher stage. (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
Fluidic oscillators Fluidic device Strouhal number Strouhal number These devices are whistles that do not radiate sound, but are still aerodynamic whistles.
The non dimensional descriptors for each of these are the fluid mechanical Strouhal number and the acoustical Strouhal number.
This equation may be referred to as a fluid mechanical Strouhal number in comparison with the second version which may be referred to as the acoustical Strouhal number.
A review of the literature Etkin, B., Ribner, H. "Canadian research on aerodynamic noise", Review 13, Institute of Physics, Univ. Toronto, 1958 produced the figure on the right for the Strouhal number.
As the flow speed increases (Reynolds number - Re) the frequency slowly climbs (nearly constant Strouhal number -St) but then the frequency jumps up abruptly to a higher stage.
At higher speeds the Strouhal Number is close to that for the Aeolian tone.
Based on a Strouhal Number of 0.20, the characteristic dimension δ was calculated to be near ¼ inch; the boundary layer thickness.
Both the Deltameter and hole tone data show the Strouhal number is a weak negative function of Reynolds number, which is squared in the sound power equation.
Cho and Mote found that the Strouhal number was between 0.1 and 0.2 where h was the blade thickness.
Close examination of the data in the figure showed a slight negative dependence of Strouhal number on Reynolds number.
Comparison of their data with data in the figure suggests that the cylindrical enclosure between the two orifices raises the Strouhal number.
Cylinder vortex development It is surprising how often oscillatory flow phenomenon have Strouhal Numbers in this range.
For low Strouhal numbers (order of 10 −4 and below), the high-speed, quasi steady state portion of the movement dominates the oscillation.
If the Strouhal number were graphed in lieu of the frequency, it would have shown that contours were reasonably constant similar to those for the hole tone.
In this case, the equation could have been reformatted in terms of the acoustical Strouhal Number as shown in the second equation above.
It is interesting that the number is very close to that found by Strouhal for flow over a cylinder.
Note the nearly pure tone at 2000 Hz with a Strouhal number of 0.21 protruding above the turbulent sound spectrum.
Now the Strouhal Number can be derived directly from the dimensionless form of the mass continuity equation.
Once again the magic number of Strouhal appears.
Poblete, et al., found Strouhal numbers between 0.12 and 0.18.
Common combinations with strouhal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: