An experimental study has been performed to investigate distributions of static pressure and skin friction around a circular cylinder immersed in a uniform shear flow which is made by a specially designed wind tunnel.
In order to isolate the effect of rate of shear on integral properties, the approaching Reynolds number along the center line was kept constant for different shear.
Stagnation point is found to move towards the higher velocity field and points of seperation and maximum friction shifts, depending on the shear rate.
It is also found that the drag coefficient decreases and the lift coefficient and the torque increase with increasing shear rate.
