An investigation of interfacial instabilities in the superposed channel flow of viscoelastic fluids

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 27-69

  Ganpule, Herambh K ^a   Khomami, Bamin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Energ analysis; Interfacial instability; Linear stability analysis; Viscoelastic fluids

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PLASTIC FLOW; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

DISTURBANCE-ENERGY EQUATION; ENERGY ANALYSIS; INTERFACIAL INSTABILITY; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; MULTIMODE GIESEKUS MODEL; REYNOLDS STRESSES; VISCOSITY MISMATCH; VORTICITY MISMATCH;

CHANNEL FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; INSTABILITY; INTERFACE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTIC FLUID;

EID: 0033080138     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(98)00088-3     Document Type: Article

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