Stokes flow

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• Stokes flow — An object moving through a gas or liquid experiences a force in direction opposite to its motion. Terminal velocity is achieved when the drag force is equal in magnitude but opposite in direction to the force propelling the object. Shown is a… …   Wikipedia

• Stokes boundary layer — in a viscous fluid due to the harmonic oscillation of a plane rigid plate. Velocity (blue line) and particle excursion (red dots) as a function of the distance to the wall. In fluid dynamics, the Stokes boundary layer, or oscillatory boundary… …   Wikipedia

• Stokes — may refer to:People: See Stokes (surname) cience* Stokes (unit), a measure of viscosity *Stokes flow *Stokes law *Stokes law (sound attenuation) *Stokes parameters *Stokes radius *Stokes relations *Stokes shift *Stokes theorem *Navier Stokes… …   Wikipedia

• Stokes equation — may refer to:* the Airy equation * the equations of Stokes flow, a linearised form of the Navier–Stokes equations in the limit of small Reynolds number …   Wikipedia

• Stokes' law — In 1851, George Gabriel Stokes derived an expression, now known as Stokes law, for the frictional force also called drag force exerted on spherical objects with very small Reynolds numbers (e.g., very small particles) in a continuous viscous… …   Wikipedia

• Stokes-Adams syndrome — Stokes Ad·ams syndrome .stōks ad əmz n fainting and convulsions induced by complete heart block with a pulse rate of 40 beats per minute or less called also Adams Stokes attack, Adams Stokes disease, Adams Stokes syndrome, Stokes Ad …   Medical dictionary

• Stokes drift — For a pure wave motion in fluid dynamics, the Stokes drift velocity is the average velocity when following a specific fluid parcel as it travels with the fluid flow. For instance, a particle floating at the free surface of water waves,… …   Wikipedia

• Stokes stream function — In fluid dynamics, the Stokes stream function is used to describe the streamlines and flow velocity in a three dimensional incompressible flow with axisymmetry. A surface with a constant value of the Stokes stream function encloses a streamtube,… …   Wikipedia

• Flow visualization — In fluid dynamics it is critically important to see the patterns produced by flowing fluids, in order to understand them. We can appreciate this on several levels: Most fluids (air, water, etc.) are transparent, thus their flow patterns are… …   Wikipedia

• Stokes number — The Stokes number, named after Irish mathematician George Gabriel Stokes, is a dimensionless number corresponding to the behavior of particles suspended in a fluid flow. Stokes number is defined as the ratio of the stopping distance of a particle …   Wikipedia

• Stokes, Sir George Gabriel, 1st Baronet — ▪ British mathematician and physicist born Aug. 13, 1819, Skreen, County Sligo, Ire. died Feb. 1, 1903, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng.       British physicist and mathematician noted for his studies of the behaviour of viscous fluids,… …   Universalium