Everything about Rotating spheres
Thought experiment by Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton's rotating spheres argument attempts to demonstrate that true rotational motion can be defined by observing the tension in the string joining two identical spheres. The basis of the argument is that all observers make two observations: the tension in the string joining the bodies and the rate of rotation of the spheres. Only for the truly non-rotating observer will the tension in the string be explained using only the observed rate of rotation. For all other observers a "correction" is required that accounts for the tension calculated being different from the one expected using the observed rate of rotation. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Rotating spheresA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Flow of hybrid CNTs past a rotating sphere subjected to thermal radiation and thermophoretic particle depositionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Turbulent compressible convection with rotationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Convective flows in rapidly rotating spheres and their dynamo actionCited 210 times
- Go sideways: Coriolis fieldA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Euler forceA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Convective flows in rapidly rotating spheres and their dynamo action
Magnetic Field Generation in Fully Convective Rotating Spheres
Granular materials under vibration: Simulations of rotating spheres
The Magnus or Robins effect on rotating spheres
Simulation of flow between concentric rotating spheres. Part 2. Transitions
Convection heat transfer and flow phenomena of rotating spheres
Taylor vortices between two concentric rotating spheres
Hydrodynamic coupling of two rotating spheres trapped in harmonic potentials
🆕 Influential since 2022
Flow of hybrid CNTs past a rotating sphere subjected to thermal radiation and thermophoretic particle deposition
Effects of slippage and permeability of couple stress fluid squeezed between two concentric rotating spheres
Impact of permeability and fluid parameters in couple stress media on rotating eccentric spheres
Rotating Micro-Spheres for adsorption monitoring at a fluid interface
A numerical and experimental investigation of rolling and sliding motion of rotating spheres inside a cylinder
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Turbulent compressible convection with rotationNicholas H. Brummell · 1996
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