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Some separated Stokes flows

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Stokes flow separation past a spherical cap or a circular disc is studied for the axisymmetric case by means of flows generated by the following singularities: A Stokeslet, a Stokeslet dipole, a source and a dipole. We find that the flow separates at the rim of the cap or disc and when the singularity is far, the flow field is qualitatively similar for all singularities considered and has a separation bubble on the concave side of the cap or on the side of the disc shielded from the singularity. When the singularity is not very far from the cap or disc the structure of the flow field depends on the singularity. In the case of the cap, for instance, for a Stokeslet there is just one separation bubble which occurs on the convex or concave side of the cap depending on whether the Stokeslet is within or outside the sphere of the cap, whereas for a dipole either one, two or three bubbles are formed and the structure and location of these bubbles depend on the position of the singularity and the cap angle. Also there are configurations where the cap experiences no thrust.

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Es wird die Ablösung der Stokes-Strömung entlang einer Kugelkappe oder einer kreisförmigen Scheibe im axisymmetrischen Fall untersucht, wobei die Strömung durch die folgenden Singularitäten erzeugt wird: ein Stokeslet, ein Stokeslet-Dipol, eine Quelle und ein Dipol. Ablösung wird an der Kante der Kappe oder der Scheibe gefunden wenn die Singularität sich im Fernfeld befindet. Die Strömung ist qualitativ ähnlich für alle Singularitäten, und das Ablösungsgebiet befindet sich auf der konkaven Seite der Kappe oder auf der Seite der Scheibe welche von der Singularität abgeschirmt ist. Bei der Singularität im Nahfeld ist das Strömungsbild von der Singularität abhängig. Es werden verschiedene Beispiele behandelt. Es gibt auch Konfigurationen in denen auf die Kappe kein Schub wirkt.

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Sozou, C. Some separated Stokes flows. Z. angew. Math. Phys. 35, 642–657 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00952110

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