Enhanced drag of a sphere settling in a stratified fluid at small Reynolds numbers

DOI10.1017/S0022112009007332zbMath1183.76058OpenAlexW1978200303WikidataQ60489156 ScholiaQ60489156MaRDI QIDQ3550276

Thomas Peacock, Roman Stocker, King Yeung Yick, Carlos R. Torres

Publication date: 31 March 2010

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112009007332

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Stratification effects in viscous fluids (76D50)

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