Effects of the history force on an oscillating rigid sphere at low Reynolds number

M Abbad, M Souhar - Experiments in fluids, 2004 - Springer
… in a quiescent incompressible newtonian fluid, placed in an oscillating frame. The goal of …
acting on the sphere at small Reynolds numbers (Re≤2.5) and finite Strouhal numbers (1≤Sl…

Flow due to an oscillating sphere and an expression for unsteady drag on the sphere at finite Reynolds number

R Mei - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1994 - cambridge.org
… Since we are interested in Reynolds numbers ranging from less … Reynolds numbers. To this
end, the unsteady flow due to a sphere executing a simple harmonic oscillation at finite Re is …

Unsteady flow about a sphere at low to moderate Reynolds number. Part 1. Oscillatory motion

EJ Chang, MR Maxey - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1994 - cambridge.org
… The focus of this paper is to investigate the unsteady flow about a rigid sphere within the
particle Reynolds number range Re < 50. The flow far from the sphere is assumed to be of the …

The effect of Reynolds number on the dynamics and wakes of freely rising and falling spheres

M Horowitz, CHK Williamson - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2010 - cambridge.org
… per cycle of oscillation. We find a number of changes to occur at a Reynolds number of 1550,
… We will now consider the other non-vibrating regimes that occur as Reynolds number is …

Oscillating viscous flow over a sphere

RS Alassar, HM Badr - Computers & fluids, 1997 - Elsevier
… investigated oscillating flow over a sphere for frequencies up to 10 and Reynolds numbers up
… Although the paper represents a comprehensive treatment of oscillatory flow over spheres, …

Experimental investigation on the history force acting on oscillating fluid spheres at low Reynolds number

M Abbad, M Souhar - Physics of Fluids, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
… If we add other errors which can be generated by the mechanical system, the oscillation
magnitudes of the fluid sphere and the oscillating plate will be obtained, respectively, with preci…

Motion of a sphere oscillating at low Reynolds numbers in a viscoelastic-fluid-filled cylindrical tube

R Mei, J Xiong, R Tran-Son-Tay - Journal of non-newtonian fluid …, 1996 - Elsevier
… The motion at low Reynolds numbers of a sphere oscillating with a small amplitude inside
a cylindrical tube containing a viscous fluid (Newtonian or viscoelastic) is investigated. The …

Low Reynolds number oscillatory flow past a slowly rotating sphere

AR Bestman - Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik …, 1983 - Springer
… or spinning spheres (see Singh (1974, 1975)). The object of this paper is to investigate the
low Reynolds number flow of a purely oscillatory stream past a slowly rotating sphere. This …

Forces on cylinders and spheres in a sinusoidally oscillating fluid

T Sarpkaya - 1975 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
… wave forces on a subsurface sphere. Their measurements, … in-line force on spheres immersed
in a fluid oscillating strictly … ] in the range of subcritical Reynolds numbers. The results of …

Inertial and viscous forces on a rigid sphere in straining flows at moderate Reynolds numbers

P Bagchi, S Balachandar - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2003 - cambridge.org
… on a rigid sphere when the sphere Reynolds number, Re, is … -dimensional flow field around
a sphere which is either held … Their investigations of oscillatory and uniformly accelerating …