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Odd viscous flow past a sphere at low but non-zero Reynolds numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2024

Ruben Lier*
Affiliation:
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, 1090 GL Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena (DIEP), University of Amsterdam, 1090 GL Amsterdam, The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, University of Amsterdam, Oude Turfmarkt 147, 1012 GC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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†Email address for correspondence: r.lier@uva.nl

Abstract

The measurement of lift on symmetrically shaped obstacles immersed in low Reynolds number flow is the quintessential way to signal odd viscosity. For flow past cylinders, such a lift force does not arise if incompressibility and no-slip boundary conditions are fulfilled, whereas for spheres, a lift force has been found in Stokes flow, which is valid for cases where the Reynolds numbers are negligible and convection can be ignored. When considering the role of convection at low but non-zero Reynolds numbers, two hurdles arise, the Whitehead paradox and the breaking of axial symmetry, which are overcome by the method of matched asymptotic expansions and the Lorentz reciprocal theorem, respectively. We also consider the case where axial symmetry is preserved because the translation of the sphere is aligned with the axis of chirality of odd viscosity. We find that while lift vanishes, the interplay between odd viscosity and convection gives rise to a stream-induced torque.

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Figure 1. Graphical representation of cylindrical coordinates $\varpi,\phi,z$ for a sphere immersed in a fluid, with streaming velocity $U_i$ pointed in the $z$-direction, and an odd viscosity whose axis of chirality $\ell _i$ is also pointed in the $z$-direction. The picture also shows the drag force $F_D$ and the stream-induced torque $T_S$ whose value is given in (4.12).

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Figure 2. Graphical representation of the two fluid systems that are considered when using the Lorentz reciprocal theorem. These are (a) the first fluid system, which we wish to understand better, and (b) the auxiliary fluid system, which is used to gain understanding of the first one by means of the Lorentz reciprocal theorem.