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Slow viscous flow of an incompressible stratified fluid past a sphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

R. S. Chadwick  and
Y. Zvirin
R. S. Chadwick
Affiliation:
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
Y. Zvirin
Affiliation:
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
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Abstract

The steady, uniform, horizontal flow of a vertically stratified, non-diffusive fluid over a sphere is considered. A correction to the Stokes drag formula is obtained which is valid for small values of a stratification parameter α, Re [Lt ] |α| 1/3 and Fr2 [Lt ] |α|−1/3. To the order of the calculations, the sphere has no tendency to rotate, nor does it experience a lift force.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 66 , Issue 2 , 6 November 1974 , pp. 377 - 383
Copyright
© 1974 Cambridge University Press

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