Power-law fluid flow over a sphere: Average shear rate and drag coefficient

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1066-1070

  Renaud, Maurice ^a   Mauret, Evelyne ^a   Chhabra, Rajendra P ^b  

^a INP Grenoble EFPG   (France)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Drag coefficient; Power law; Shear rate; Sphere

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DRAG; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS;

DRAG COEFFICIENTS; DRAG CURVES; GENERALIZED DRAG COEFFICIENTS; MECHANICAL ENERGY DISSIPATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; POWER LAW FLUID; SHEAR RATE;

EID: 20744451563     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450820524     Document Type: Article

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