From bead to rod: Comparison of theories by measuring translational drag coefficients of micron-sized magnetic bead-chains in Stokes flow
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Frictional drag force on an object in Stokes flow follows a linear relationship with the velocity of translation and a translational drag coefficient. This drag coefficient is related to the size, shape, and orientation of the object. For rod-like objects, analytical solutions of the drag coefficients have been proposed based on three rough approximations of the rod geometry, namely the bead model, ellipsoid model, and cylinder model. These theories all agree that translational drag coefficients of rod-like objects are functions of the rod length and aspect ratio, but differ among one another on the correction factor terms in the equations. By tracking the displacement of the particles through stationary fluids of calibrated viscosity in magnetic tweezers setup, we experimentally measured the drag coefficients of micron-sized beads and their bead-chain formations with chain length of 2 to 27. We verified our methodology with analytical solutions of dimers of two touching beads, and compared our measured drag coefficient values of rod-like objects with theoretical calculations. Our comparison reveals several analytical solutions that used more appropriate approximation and derived formulae that agree with our measurement better.
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