Turbulent pipe flow of shear-thinning fluids

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-48

  Rudman, M ^a   Blackburn, H M ^a   Graham, L J W ^a   Pullum, L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulation (DNS); Friction factor; Non Newtonian; Pipe flow; Shear thinning; Transition; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; TURBULENCE; YIELD STRESS;

ELEMENT FOURIER METHODS; SHEAR-THINNING FLUIDS;

PIPE FLOW;

NON-NEWTONIAN FLOW; PIPE FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 2442588539     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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