Fiber suspension flow in a tapered channel: The effect of flow/fiber coupling

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 676-688

  Krochak, Paul J ^a   Olson, James A ^a   Martinez, D Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber orientation; Fiber suspension; Planar contraction; Two way coupling

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED FIBERS; COUPLING TERMS; FIBER ORIENTATION; FIBER ORIENTATIONS; FIBER SUSPENSION; FIBER SUSPENSION FLOW; FIBER-FIBER INTERACTIONS; FLUID MOMENTUM EQUATIONS; FOURTH-ORDER; LOCAL ORIENTATIONS; LONG RANGE; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; MOMENTUM EXCHANGE; MUTUAL COUPLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; ORIENTATION TENSOR; PLANAR CONTRACTION; PLANAR ORIENTATION; PLUG FLOW; PRE-ALIGNED; RANDOM ORIENTATIONS; RIGID FIBERS; ROTARY DIFFUSION; TWO-WAY COUPLING; TWO-WAY INTERACTION; VELOCITY PROFILES;

CHANNEL FLOW; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHRINKAGE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

FIBERS;

EID: 67349149639     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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