Viscous Force Between Almost-Coaxial Cylinders

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
For the sake of an estimate of the errors which might enter the measurements of the preceding paper by accidental misalignment, the problem of the viscous flow between almost-coaxial cylinders, one of which is rotating, is treated theoretically. The torque exerted on the stationary cylinder is calculated by means of a series expansion which treats both the curvature and the eccentric displacement as small. It is shown incidentally that a calculation in the theory of lubrication in the previous literature, which neglects the curvature altogether, is not correct in all its steps although it happens to lead to a correct result for the torque.

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: