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The base-flow and near-wake problem at very low Reynolds numbers Part 2. The Oseen approximation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

H. Viviand
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
S. A. Berger
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley

Abstract

The influence of inertia terms in the equations of motion on the properties of the base-flow and near-wake flow at very low Reynolds numbers is investigated by using Oseen's approximation and by comparing with the results obtained in Part 1 for Stokes flow. The general solutions of Oseen's equations of motion are derived for two-dimensional and axisymmetric flows in the half-space x > 0, for an arbitrarily given velocity field in the plane x = 0. Numerical examples are given for two-dimensional flow and compared with Stokes-flow examples.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1965 Cambridge University Press

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