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Slow steady rotation of an axially symmetric body in a micropolar fluid

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This paper examines the Stokes' flow due to an axially symmetric body rotating about its axis of symmetry in a micropolar fluid which sustains anti-symmetric stress and couple stress. General solutions are obtained to the coupled differential equations governing such a flow and the special case of a sphere is deduced. Then, with the aid of a concentrated couple, a simple formula for the couple experienced by a body is derived in terms of the angular velocity of the flow field.

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Ramkissoon, H. Slow steady rotation of an axially symmetric body in a micropolar fluid. Appl. Sci. Res. 33, 243–257 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00383955

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