On the development of secondary motions in straight channels induced by the second normal stress difference: Experiments and simulations

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 69, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 255-271

  Debbaut, Benoît ^a   Avalosse, Thierry ^a   Dooley, Joseph ^b   Hughes, Kevin ^b  

^a Fluent Benelux   (Belgium)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical simulation; Relaxation spectrum; Second normal stress difference; Secondary motions; Viscoelastic flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRESSES; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

RELAXATION SPECTRUM; SECOND NORMAL STRESS DIFFERENCE; STRAIGHT CHANNELS; VISCOELASTIC FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW;

CHANNELS; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; VISCOELASTIC FLUIDS;

EID: 0031126385     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(96)01543-1     Document Type: Article

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