Coil-stretch transition and the breakdown of computations for viscoelastic fluid flow around a confined cylinder

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 197-223

  Bajaj, Mohit ^a   Pasquali, Matteo ^b   Prakash, J Ravi ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coil stretch transition; FENE P model; Finite element method; Flow around a confined cylinder; High Weissenberg number problem; Oldroyd B model

Indexed keywords

COIL-STRETCH TRANSITION; CONFINED CYLINDERS; FENE-P MODELS; HIGH WEISSENBERG NUMBER PROBLEM; OLDROYD-B MODELS;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC FLOW; POLYMERS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CONFINED FLOW;

EID: 37849026830     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2807444     Document Type: Article

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