Open AccessFluid resistance to moving spheres
Publication year - 1926
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1926.0017
Subject(s) - acceleration , spheres , motion (physics) , work (physics) , resistance (ecology) , mechanics , mathematics , physics , classical mechanics , thermodynamics , biology , ecology , astronomy
The present research was undertaken in order to improve the existing data on the resistance of fluids to moving spheres, and especially to examine the resistance in cases of accelerated motion. Some preliminary results were published in 1924, and these are extended in the present paper, which is divided as follows:— I. Experimental. II. Equations of motion. III. Analysis of results— A. For terminal speeds. B. For initial stages of acceleration. C. For final stages of acceleration. D. For all values of acceleration. IV. Comparison with previous work. V. Special notes, and summary.