Darwin drift

English

Etymology

Named after Sir Charles Galton Darwin, who proved a related theorem in 1953.

Noun

Darwin drift (uncountable)

  1. (fluid dynamics) The phenomenon by which a fluid parcel is permanently displaced after the passage of a body through a fluid – the fluid being at rest far away from the body.
    • 2016, C.N. Likos; F. Sciortino; E. Zaccarelli, Soft Matter Self-Assembly, →ISBN, page 392:
      z-component of any force on the surface of the swimmer and ρ the radial co- ordinate. v D is termed the Darwin drift: by comparison, for a colloid at zero Reynolds number this quantity is infinite. The magnitude of the Darwin drift is of the order.
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