The slow motion of a sphere in a rotating, viscous fluid
- 1 October 1964
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 20 (2) , 305-314
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112064001227
Abstract
The uniform, slow motion of a sphere in a viscous fluid is examined in the case where the undisturbed fluid rotates with constant angular velocity Ω and the axis of rotation is taken to coincide with the line of motion. The various modifications of the classical problem for small Reynolds numbers are discussed. The main analytical result is a correction to Stokes's drag formula, valid for small values of the Reynolds number and Taylor number and tending to the classical Oseen correction as the last parameter tends to zero. The rotation of a free sphere relative to the fluid at infinity is also deduced.Keywords
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