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Journal of Fluids and Structures 27 (2011) 648–658 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Fluids and Structures journal homepage: /locate/jfs Circular cylinder wakes and vortex-induced vibrations P.W. Bearman n Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: This paper presents a selective review of recent research on vortex-induced vibrations Received 27 October 2010 of isolated circular cylinders and the flow and vibration of circular cylinders in a tandem Accepted 30 March 2011 arrangement; a common thread being that the topics raised are of particular interest to Available online 10 May 2011 the author. The influence of Reynolds number on the response of isolated cylinders is Keywords: presented and recent developments using forced vibration are discussed. The response Vortex-induced vibration of a cylinder free to respond in the in-line and transverse directions is contrasted with Circular cylinder wakes that of a cylinder responding in only one direction. The interference between two Vortex shedding circular cylinders is discussed and prominence given to the case of cylinders in a Tandem cylinders tandem arrangement. The origin of the time–mean lift force on the downstream cylinder is conside