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unusual facts about Stokes flow


Sedimentation

For small enough particles (low Reynolds number), the drag force varies linearly with the terminal velocity, i.e., F {drag} = f v {term} (Stokes flow) where f depends only on the properties of the particle and the surrounding fluid.


Ivo Babuška

The BB condition has guided mathematicians and engineers to develop state-of-the-art formulations for many technologically important problems like Darcy flow, Stokes flow, incompressible Navier-Stokes, nearly incompressible elasticity.


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