A new laminar-to-turbulent transition criterion for yield-pseudoplastic fluids

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 171-176

  Desouky, Saad El Din M ^a   Al Awad, Musaed N ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

METZNER-REED PARAMETERS; POWER LAW YIELD PSEUDOPLASTIC MODEL;

TRANSITION FLOW;

LAMINAR-TURBULENT TRANSITION; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUID; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY;

LAMINAR FLOW; PLASTIC FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0032023924     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(97)00044-2     Document Type: Article

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