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Proceedings of the 37
th
International & 4
th
National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power
FMFP2010
December 16-18, 2010, IIT Madras, Chennai, India
FMFP10 - AM - 01
SPHERE ROLLING DOWN AN INCLINE
SUBMERGED IN A LIQUID
Pravin K. Verekar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Jaywant H. Arakeri
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
pravin@mecheng.iisc.ernet.injaywant@mecheng.iisc.ernet.in
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
f
density of fluid
s
density of sphere
A projected area of sphere
Ca added-mass coefficient
Cd drag coefficient
Cd
expt
drag coefficient from experiment calculated
at terminal velocity
Cd
lit.
drag coefficient from eq. given by Chhabra
& Ferreira calculated at terminal velocity
D diameter of sphere
f
r
coefficient of rolling friction
f
s
coefficient of sliding friction
g acceleration due to gravity
I mass moment of inertia of sphere about its
diameter
R radius of sphere
Re instantaneous Reynolds number
Re
t
Reynolds number at terminal velocity
t time
V instantaneous velocity of sphere
V
t
terminal velocity of sphere
Vol volume of sphere
W width of tank
X instantaneous distance travelled by sphere
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