The hydrodynamic interaction of two unequal spheres moving under gravity through quiescent viscous fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112074001467zbMath0293.76017OpenAlexW2110160462MaRDI QIDQ4045788

Norman F. Sather, Eitan Wacholder

Publication date: 1974

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112074001467

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99)

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Cites Work

• Asymmetrical slow viscous fluid motions caused by the translation or rotation of two spheres. I: The determination of exact solutions for any values of the ratio of radii and separation parameters. II. Asymptotic forms of the solution when the minium clearance between the spheres approaches zero