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MichielM
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Hi,
I'm looking for a correlation of the drag force on a cylinder in parallel creeping (stokes') flow (i.e. the flow is alongside the axis of the cylinder). My length-to-width ratio is such that assuming an infinitely long cylinder is perfectly okay.
Does anyone know where I can find such a correlation?
I've tried deriving it myself but I ran into something called the Stokes' paradox. I know this can be solved by an approximation method (taking a linear inertia term into account), but I do not want to dive in that deep, I just need the equation for a calculation.
I'm looking for a correlation of the drag force on a cylinder in parallel creeping (stokes') flow (i.e. the flow is alongside the axis of the cylinder). My length-to-width ratio is such that assuming an infinitely long cylinder is perfectly okay.
Does anyone know where I can find such a correlation?
I've tried deriving it myself but I ran into something called the Stokes' paradox. I know this can be solved by an approximation method (taking a linear inertia term into account), but I do not want to dive in that deep, I just need the equation for a calculation.