Question: By using the expression for the shear stress derived in BSL book , show that the shear force on a sphere spinning at a constant

By using the expression for the shear stress derived in BSL book , show that the shear force on a sphere spinning at a constant angular velocity in a Stokes flow, is zero. This means that a neutrally buoyant sphere (weight equal buoyancy force) that is made to spin in a Stokes flow, will neither rise nor fall, nor translate in any preferential direction in the (x-y) plane.

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