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THE INERTIA-COEFFICIENTS OF AN ELLIPSOID MOVING IN FLUID. By HORACE LAMB, F.R,S.

Reports and Memoranda, No. 623. October, 1918.

W h e n a b o d y m o v e s t h r o u g h a frictionless fluid its i n e r t i a is a p p a r e n t l y modified in v a r i o u s ways. I n t h e case of rectilinear m o t i o n t h e effect is e q u i v a l e n t to increasing t h e m a s s of t h e b o d y b y k t i m e s t h e m a s s of t h e fluid which i t displaces, where k is a c e r t a i n c o n s t a n t d e p e n d i n g on t h e direction of m o t i o n relative to t h e body. F o r a sphere k = ; for a c y l i n d e r m o v i n g b r o a d s i d e on k = 1. F o r a p r o l a t e ellipsoid of axes a, a, c, m o v i n g end-on, t h e coefficient is
_ Y

kl

2 - - "~

where

y =

2(1--e~)(1 1 1-~ - e ) ea 2- log l ~ e -- e ,

where e is t h e e c c e n t r i c i t y of t h e longitudinal section, viz. : e:

4[

1 --

C~

I f we p u t e = sin , a = c cos , we h a v e Y __ 2sin 25 log t a n acs

~- ~ ~ - - sin

']

A f o r m u l a which is convenient, w h e n h y p e r b o l i c tables are a t h a n d is got b y p u t t i n g e -----t a n h u, c = a cosh u. I t is 2 y ----s ~ 2 u (u c o t h u - - 1). I n m a k i n g t h e following t a b l e t h e values of u were selected so as to give values of t h e r a t i o (c/a) of length to b r e a d t h , which should be as n e a r l y e q u a l to whole n u m b e r s as possible, w i t h o u t interpolation.

c/a.
1

k.

c/a.
4.99 6.01 6.97 8.01 9.02 9.97 oo

ki.
0.059 0.045 0.036 0-029 0.024 0.021 0

1-50 2-00 2.51 2.99 3.99

0.5 0.305 0-209 0.156 0.122 0.082

REPORT Noaz3.
7f/E /NERTI,4-COEFFICIENT Of'AN O_LIPSOID IOVING IN FLUID~

/-0
..~...~f 0"9 I-'--"--

!&
I K

~7 #'6 / O'.5

/
/

\/
~3 _i! 0"/ 7 -

/o

L , ~ - ~ . , . ~ m ~ . ~ ~ . , ~ , ~

. ~

.......

i..................... i...--..,~.,~.e~mm~ .................... JlllJl~m~

129 F o r a prolate ellipsoid m o v i n g broadside-on, the coefficient is k2 = 2 where 1

---- e 2

--~ l+e
l o g 1 - - e"

1 --e ~
~ 2e

W i t h the same meanings of a n d u as before e--sin2 or

1 1

s - ~ log t a n ~ 7 : + ~
2U s i n h 2 u l"

= ~

T h i s g i v e s the following results :

via.
]. C ]q.

~.

1 1.50 2.00 2.51 2.99 3"99

0.621 0.702 0.763 0.803 0.860

4.99 6.01 6.97 8.01 9.02 9.97

0.895 0.918 0.933 0.945 0.954 0.960 1

T h e r e is a c o r r e s p o n d i n g correction to the m o m e n t of inertia for rotation a b o u t a t r a n s v e r s e diameter. If k' he the ratio of t h e a p p a r e n t increase of t h e m o m e n t t o t h e m o m e n t of i n e r t i a of the displaced fluid, the formula is
e4 (~ _

~,)
e2) (~ y)}

(2 -

e2)( 2 e2 _

(2 -

where g, y h a v e t h e same meanings as before. ~able is calculated from this :

c/a.

The following
k'.

1 1'50 2.00 2.51 2.99 3.99

0 0.094. 0.240 0.367 0.465 0.608

4.99 6.01 6.97 8.01 9.02 9.97

0.701 0.764 0.805 0.840 0.865 0.883 1