 Clean-bubble Stokes drag (source code)

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= Clean-bubble Stokes drag
{title2=$\mathbf F=-4\pi\mu a\mathbf U$}

A spherical clean bubble with negligible internal <dynamic viscosity> has zero tangential <traction> and permits tangential slip. In the creeping-flow, negligible-deformation limit its drag is $-4\pi\mu a\mathbf U$, versus $-6\pi\mu a\mathbf U$ for a no-slip rigid sphere.

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