Instability of channel flow of a shear-thinning White-Metzner fluid

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-96

  Wilson, H J ^a   Rallison, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Instability; Long wave; Normal stresses; Power law; Shear thinning; Short wave; UCM; White Metzner

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY;

SHEAR-THINNING INSTABILITY; WHITE-METZNER FLUID;

CHANNEL FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; INSTABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 0033395602     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(99)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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