Transient planar squeeze flow of semi-concentrated fiber suspensions using the Dinh-Armstrong model

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 114-124

  Alexandrou, Andreas ^a   Mitsoulis, Evan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Constant force; Dinh Armstrong constitutive equation; Fiber suspensions; Moving boundaries; Squeeze flow; Transient flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

DINH-ARMSTRONG CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; FIBER SUSPENSIONS; FIBER-FILLED NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; SQUEEZE FLOW; TRANSIENT FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 34548420531     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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