Unsteady axial laminar couette flow of power-law fluids in a concentric annulus

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2039-2047

  Wang, Yuan ^a   Chukwu, Godwin A ^a  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

CONCENTRIC ANNULUS; SURGE PRESSURE; SWAB PRESSURE; UNSTEADY COUETTE FLOW;

NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

AXIAL FLOW; COUETTE FLOW; POWER LAW FLUIDS;

EID: 2842545135     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie950598x     Document Type: Article

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