Computing orientation distribution and rheology of turbulent fiber suspensions flowing through a contraction

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-76

  Lin, Jianzhong ^b   Zhang, Shanliang ^a   Olson, James A ^c  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Numerical analysis; Stress; Suspensions (chemical); Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; SHRINKAGE; STRESSES; TURBULENT FLOW;

REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; SUSPENSIONS (CHEMICAL); TURBULENT FIBER SUSPENSIONS; TURBULENT VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 33845594897     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400710718574     Document Type: Article

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