Stability of creeping Couette flow of a power-law fluid past a deformable solid

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 93-102

  Roberts, Scott A ^a   Kumar, Satish ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Creeping flow; Deformable solids; Interfacial instability; Linear stability analysis; Shear thinning fluids

Indexed keywords

CREEP; ELASTICITY; SHEAR STRESS; STABILITY; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

CREEPING FLOW; DEFORMABLE SOLIDS; INTERFACIAL INSTABILITY; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR-THINNING FLUIDS;

STEADY FLOW;

CREEP; ELASTICITY; SHEAR STRESS; STABILITY; STEADY FLOW; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33749123437     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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