Mass and Moment of Inertia Govern the Transition in the Dynamics and Wakes of Freely Rising and Falling Cylinders

Author(s): Varghese Mathai, Xiaojue Zhu, Chao Sun, and Detlef Lohse

The oscillations of neutrally buoyant cylinders depend on rotational freedom of the objects, as well as their mass.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 054501] Published Mon Jul 31, 2017