Planar sudden symmetric expansion flows and bifurcation phenomena of purely viscous shear-thinning fluids

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 15-25

  Ternik, Primož ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Finite volume method; Inelastic shear thinning fluid; Plane symmetric expansion; Power law model; Symmetry breaking phenomena

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BIFURCATION PHENOMENONS; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; CRITICAL VALUES; EXPANSION FLOWS; FLOW PARAMETERS; FLOW SYMMETRIES; FLUID FLOWS; INDEX N; INELASTIC SHEAR-THINNING FLUID; INLET WALLS; MOMENTUM EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PLANE SYMMETRIC EXPANSION; POWER LAW MODEL; RHEOLOGICAL MODELS; SUDDEN EXPANSIONS; SYMMETRY-BREAKING PHENOMENA; VISCOUS SHEARS;

FLUIDS;

EID: 58249139105     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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