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Drag on an axially symmetric body vibrating slowly along its axis in a viscous fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

R. P. Kanwal
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

Abstract

Let D0 be the Stokes drag on an axially symmetric body moving parallel to its axis with velocity U0 through an unbounded fluid. The drag D experienced by the same body oscillating with velocity U = U0eiσt along its axis in the unbounded fluid is given by the expression $\frac{D}{D_0} = \left \{{1 +{\frac {d_0}{6 \surd{(2)} \pi \mu a U_0}}(1+i)M+O(M^2)}\right \}e^{i \sigma t},$ where a is any characteristic particle dimension and $M^2 = a^2 \sigma \rho |\mu$ is a dimensionaless number. The part of this drag formula which gives the energy dissipation is calculated for bodies of various shapes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1964 Cambridge University Press

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