An experimental setup to verify stokes' law using an electronic balance

Authors

  • M. Dolz
  • A. Casanovas
  • J. Delegido
  • M.J. Hernández

Keywords:

Stokes law, students laboratory, particle drag

Abstract

An experimental setup has been designed to allow direct measurement of the force acting upon a sphere immersed in a moving fluid. This experiment confirms the direct proportionality between the force and each of the variables involved (sphere-fluid relative velocity, sphere radius and fluid viscosity). A simple experimental demonstration has been made of Stokes' law for spheres immersed in fluids moving, for very small Reynolds numbers, along cylindrical tubes.

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2004-01-01

How to Cite

[1]
M. Dolz, A. Casanovas, J. Delegido, and M. Hernández, “An experimental setup to verify stokes’ law using an electronic balance”, Rev. Mex. Fis. E, vol. 50, no. 1 Jan-Jun, pp. 29–32, Jan. 2004.

Issue

Vol. 50 No. 1 Jan-Jun (2004): Revista Mexicana de Física E

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