Drag of a sphere in an unsteady flow of viscous fluid at small Reynolds numbers
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Drag of a sphere in an unsteady flow of viscous fluid at small Reynolds numbers
zbMATH Open document ID: 0664.76038
DOI: 10.1007/BF01051539
author: M. N. Gaidukov
author: V. G. Roman
author: Yu. I. Yalamov
published in: Fluid Dynamics
publication date: 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: An unsteady flow of viscous incompressible fluid past a sphere is investigated. The values of the inertial and unsteady terms in the Navier-Stokes equations are characterized by translational (R) and vibrational \((R_ k)\) Reynolds numbers, which are assumed small. The solution is constructed in the form of an expansion with respect to max(R, \(R_ k^{1/2})\) by the method of matched asymptotic expansions. A correction to the Stokes force, correct to o[max(R, \(R_ k^{1/2})]\), is calculated. It is shown that the result depends strongly on the ratio \(R/R_ k^{1/2}\) and goes over into the well-known equations for the cases \(R\to 0\), \(R_ k\to 0\).
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76D10
zbMATH DE Number: 4087243
zbMATH Keywords: unsteady flow
zbMATH Keywords: Navier-Stokes equations
zbMATH Keywords: method of matched asymptotic expansions
zbMATH Keywords: Stokes force
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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