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Rotating sphere in Stokes flow
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Rotating sphere in Stokes flow
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Created
2026-09-24
Updated
2026-09-24
A
sphere
of
radius
a
rotating with
angular velocity
Ω
in otherwise stationary unbounded fluid produces
u
=
r
3
a
3
Ω
×
x
,
p
=
0.
(1)
The fluid exerts the resisting
torque
−
8
π
μ
a
3
Ω
on the
sphere
.
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