THE SLOW FLOW OF A VISCO-ELASTIC LIQUID PAST A SPHERE

1 February 1961

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

Vol. 14 (1) , 36-48
https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmam/14.1.36

Abstract

A solution is obtained for the steady flow of a visco-elastic liquid past a sphere at small Reynolds number. The drag is found to be less than that given by Stokes's formula for a Newtonian liquid of the same viscosity.

Keywords

REYNOLDS NUMBER
STEADY FLOW
SMALL REYNOLDS
VISCO ELASTIC
STOKES'S FORMULA
ELASTIC LIQUID
NEWTONIAN LIQUID
VISCOSITY