Steady motion of a prolate spheroidal drop

✍ Scribed by A.M. Luiz

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1969
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 387 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2509
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(69)80014-x

✦ Synopsis

An expression for the mass "induced" by a prolate spheroid moving in an ideal fluid is obtained. The drag force on a prolate spheroidal drop is determined by using the effective mass approach. The drag force on a prolate drop is compared with the drag force on an oblate drop of the same volume and the same semi-axis ratio. The limits of applicability of the theory are discussed.