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Transient inertial hydrodynamic interaction between two identical spheres settling at small Reynolds number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2008

B. U. FELDERHOF
B. U. FELDERHOF*
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Institut für Theoretische Physik A, RWTH Aachen, Templergraben 55, 52056 Aachen, Germany ufelder@physik.rwth-aachen.de
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Abstract

The flow pattern generated by a sphere accelerated from rest by a small constant applied forceshows scaling behaviour at long times, as can be shown from the solution of the linearized Navier–Stokes equations. In the scaling regime the kinetic energy of the flow grows with thesquare root of time. For two distant settling spheres starting from rest the kinetic energy ofthe flow depends on the distance vector between centres; owing to interference of the flowpatterns. It is argued that this leads to relative motion of the two spheres. Thecorresponding interaction energy is calculated explicitly in the scaling regime.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 605 , 25 June 2008 , pp. 263 - 279
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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