Drift of spheres in a rotating fluid |
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Authors: | I Yu Makarikhin B L Smorodin E F Shatrova |
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Abstract: | The drift of spheres in a rotating fluid is investigated. The problem is studied experimentally and numerically using the Galerkin method. It is shown that for small angular velocities of the fluid Ω the drift velocity of the spheres is almost independent of Ω, but once a certain threshold value Ω* is attained the drift velocity rapidly decreases. The experimental dependence of the translational velocity of the sphere on the fluid angular velocity is explained on the basis of a theoretical analysis. |
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Keywords: | rotating fluid drift of spheres Coriolis force |
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