Shear rate corrections for Herschel-Bulkley fluids in Couette geometry

Applied Rheology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kelessidis, Vassilios C ^a   Maglione, Roberto ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Couette viscometry; Herschel Bulkley fluid; Shear rates

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ERROR CORRECTION; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; YIELD STRESS;

EID: 47949102725     PISSN: 14306395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/arh-2008-0010     Document Type: Article

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