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The force on a small sphere in slow viscous flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

Donald A. Drew
Donald A. Drew
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12181.
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Abstract

The force on a small sphere translating relative to a slow viscous flow is found to O(Re½) for two different fluid flows far from the sphere, namely pure rotation and pure shear. For pure rotation, the O(Re½) correction to the Stokes drag consists of an increase in the drag. For pure shear, the O(Re½) force contains a component perpendicular to the Stokes drag force.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , 27 September 1978 , pp. 393 - 400
Copyright
© 1978 Cambridge University Press

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