Stokes Paradox & Oseen Correction
Viscous flow past a cylinder — Stokes (Re→0) vs Oseen (finite Re) streamlines
Reynolds Number
0.50
Model
Stokes (Re→0)
Oseen Correction
Both (split)
Flow Speed
1.0
Stokes paradox: in 2D, no solution exists for purely Stokes flow past a cylinder (logarithmic divergence). Oseen fixes this.