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Commentary on the lock-in regions observed in forced and free vibration of a circular cylinder.

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The commentary highlights subtle differences between free and forced vibrations.

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It was really interesting to find evidence in the commended article that free vibration differs from forced vibration in certain cases. Such differences remain largely unnoticed and could be critical in the understanding of vortex-induced vibration.

Dr Efstathios Konstantinidis

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This page is a summary of: Comment on “Lock-in in forced vibration of a circular cylinder” [Phys. Fluids 28, 113605 (2016)], Physics of Fluids, October 2017, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/1.5006495.
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