简介:FlowfieldsaroundarotatingcircularcylinderinauniformstreamarecomputedusingalowdimensionalGalerkinmethod.ResultsshowthattheformationofaFopplevortexpairbehindastationarycircularcylinderiscausedbythestructuralinstabilityinthevicinityofthesaddlelocatedattherearofthecylinder.Forrotatingcylinderabifurcationdiagramwiththeconsiderationoftwoparameters,ReynoldsnumberReandrotationparameterα,isbuiltbyakinematicanalysisofthesteadyflowfields.