Flow of non-Newtonian fluids through tubes with abrupt expansions and contractions (square wave tubes)

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 25-39

  Podolsak, A K ^a   Tiu, C ^a   Fang, T N ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Capillary and square wave tubes; Geometric parameter; Non Newtonian fluids; Quemada model

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

NON NEWTONIAN FLUID; QUEMADA MODEL; SQUARE WAVE TUBE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FLUID MECHANICS; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PIPE FLOW;

EID: 0031194799     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(97)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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