Analytical solutions describing the oblique flow of a viscous
incompressible fluid around a dendritic crystal
Abstract
This article considers the hydrodynamic problem of an oblique flow of a
viscous incompressible fluid around the tip of a dendritic crystal.
Approximate analytical solutions of Oseen’s hydrodynamic equations are
obtained in 2D and 3D cases using special curvilinear coordinates. It is
shown that the projections of the fluid velocity change significantly
with a change in the flow slope and Reynolds number. The theory
developed in this work has a limiting transition to the previously known
solutions for the rectilinear (without tilt) fluid flow around a
dendrite.