Hydrodynamics and Metzner-Otto correlation in stirred vessels for yield stress fluids

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-24

  Anne Archard, D ^a   Marouche, M ^a   Boisson, H C ^a  

^a IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

Energy; Fluid mechanics; Laminar flow; Mixing; Non Newtonian fluids; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHEAR FLOW;

BINGHAM NUMBER; CASSON FLUIDS; TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOW;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 33846153576     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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