Flow about a fluid sphere at low to moderate Reynolds numbers

DOI10.1017/S002211208700082XzbMath0616.76114MaRDI QIDQ4725997

Jacob N. Chung, Douglas L. R. Oliver

Publication date: 1987

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

zbMATH Keywords

steady-state equationsfinite-difference solutionsfluid spheredrag coefficientslow-Reynolds-number flowsinternal circulationsemi-analytical series truncation methodcubic finite-element scheme

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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• Flow around a spherical drop at intermediate Reynolds numbers
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