Variational properties of steady fall in Stokes flow
Variational properties of steady fall in Stokes flow
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斯托克斯流稳态下降的变分特性
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发表时间:
1972
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
H. Weinberger
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作者:
H. Weinberger
It is shown that for a given body and a given orientation g there is always a position of the centre of mass which produces a stable falling motion in a very viscous fluid with g vertical and, in general, with a spin about the vertical axis. The corresponding terminal settling speed is bounded by means of several variational principles. Relations between the terminal speeds for falls with different downward directions and between the terminal speed and the geometry of the body are deduced. In particular, it is proved that for a large class of slender bodies the first approximation to the drag obtained from the slender-body theory of Burgers (1938) is correct. It follows that the ratio of the terminal speeds for falls with the long axis vertical and horizontal is near two.