Steady flow of power-law fluids across an unconfined elliptical cylinder

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1682-1702

  Sivakumar, P ^a   Bharti, Ram Prakash ^a   Chhabra, R P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Drag coefficients; Elliptical cylinders; Power law fluids; Pressure coefficients; Reynolds number; Shear thickening; Shear thinning

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DRAG; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

ELLIPTICAL CYLINDERS; POWER LAW FLUIDS; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; SHEAR THICKENING; SHEAR THINNING;

STEADY FLOW;

ASPECT RATIO; DRAG; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33846816977     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.11.055     Document Type: Article

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