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Title Free fall of one-dimensional bodies in hyperviscous fluids

Name Alessandro Musesti
Country Italy
Email alessandro.musesti@unicatt.it
Co-Author(s) Giulio G. Giusteri, Alfredo Marzocchi
Submit Time 2013-11-28 06:22:39
Session
Special Session 31: Variational energy and entropy approaches in non-smooth thermomechanics
Contents
We discuss the free fall of very slender rigid bodies in a hyperviscous incompressible fluid, showing the global-in-time existence and uniqueness of the solution. Moreover, in the case of a low Reynolds number we study sufficient conditions on the geometry of the body in order to get purely translational steady motions. Finally, we address the issue of the free fall of an elastic beam.