The wakes of wall mounted circular cylinders of very low aspect ratio have been investigated in a wind tunnel. Besides planar PIV, also high resolution tomographic PIV was used to capture the flow phenomena downstream of the cylinder. By changing the velocity U￥ and the cylinder height h at a constant aspect ratio L = h=D, a wide database of different flow conditions was obtained. The resulting relative height of the boundary layer thickness d was 0:6 h=d 2:5, while the Reynolds number based on the length l between leading edge and cylinder centre Rel was 57;000 Rel 188; 000. A pair of counter-rotating vortices was found in the wake of the cylinder. The rotation sense is such, that in the center of the wake a positive vertical velocity component results. Also horseshoe vortices were found next to these trai領(lǐng) vortices. The relative height of the incoming boundary layer has a large impact on the development, strength and dissipation of the vortex system. 德國(guó)LaVision PIV/PLIF粒子成像測(cè)速場(chǎng)儀 體視層析粒子成像測(cè)速系統(tǒng)(Tomo-PIV) Imager pro X PIV相機(jī)