The effect of shear thinning and differential viscoelasticity on mixing in a model 2D mixer as determined using FEM with particle tracking

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Connelly, Robin K ^a   Kokini, Jozef L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential viscoelastic; FEM; Mixing measurement; Numerical simulation; Particle tracking; Shear thinning

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; RHEOLOGY; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); TRAJECTORIES; VISCOELASTICITY;

LAMINAR SHEAR; SEGREGATION MODELS; VISCOELASTIC MODELS;

SHEAR STRESS;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXER; MIXING; SHEAR THINNING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 5744247778     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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