A semiempirical approach to a viscously damped oscillating sphere

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Alexander, Peter ^a   Indelicato, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DAMPING; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPHERES; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

DRAG FORCE; OSCILLATING SPHERE;

OSCILLATIONS;

EID: 12844281899     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/26/1/001     Document Type: Article

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