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Chiral transfer of angular momentum

Fluid Dynamics 2019-04-16 v1

Abstract

Suppose that viscous fluid is contained in the space between a fixed sphere S2S_2 and an interior sphere S1S_1 which moves with time-periodic velocity U(t){\bf U}(t) and angular velocity Ω(t){\bf \Omega}(t), with <U(t)>=<Ω(t)>=0 \left<{\bf U}(t)\right> = \left<{\bf \Omega}(t)\right> = 0. It is shown that, provided this motion is chiral in character, it can drive a flow that exerts a non-zero torque on S2S_2. Thus angular momentum can be transferred through this mechanism.

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@article{arxiv.1904.06486,
  title  = {Chiral transfer of angular momentum},
  author = {H. K. Moffatt and V. A. Vladimirov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.06486},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

11 pages, 13 figures

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