alleryStart learning →Stokes's law gives the drag force on which kind of object in a viscous fluid at low Reynolds number?
ASpherical objects
BFlat plates
CAircraft wings
DLong cylinders
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Spherical objects
Stokes's drag applies to a small sphere moving slowly through a viscous fluid.
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