Experimental study of light sphere motion in liquid in rotating tilted cylinder

Abstract

Abstract The motion of a light spherical body in a rotating tilted cylindrical cavity with liquid is studied experimentally. The rotation rate and angle of inclination of the cuvette, the viscosity of the liquid and the characteristics of the body vary. It is shown that with an increase in the rate of the cell rotation, the velocity of the body’s ascent decreases. An increase in the angle of inclination of the cylinder relative to the vertical also leads to a decrease in the ascent rate of the body. A paradoxical behaviour of the body is demonstrated: with an increase in the viscosity of the liquid, the velocity of the body’s ascent increases while maintaining other parameters (rotation rate, size, density of the body and the angle of inclination). The results of investigations at various angles of inclination, properties of liquid and the body are generalized on the plane of two control dimensionless parameters. Comparison with theory and with experimental results of other authors in the case of vertical orientation of the cavity demonstrates good agreement. It was found that during ascent, the body performs differential rotation relative to the cavity, the rate of which depends on the axial coordinate of the body.