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Extensions of extremum principles for slow viscous flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

Richard Skalak
Richard Skalak
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
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Abstract

Several generalizations of theorems of the types originally stated by Helmholtz concerning the dissipation of energy in slow viscous flow have been given recently by Keller, Rubenfeld & Molyneux (1967). These generalizations included cases in which the fluid contains one or more solid bodies and drops of another liquid assuming the drops do not change shape. Some further extensions are given herein which allow for drops which may be deformed by the flow and include the effect of surface tension. The admissible boundary conditions have also been extended and particular theorems applicable to infinite domains, spatially periodic flows and to flows in infinite cylindrical pipes are derived. Uniqueness theorems are also proved.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , 9 July 1970 , pp. 527 - 548
Copyright
© 1970 Cambridge University Press

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