Two-dimensional unsteady laminar flow of a power law fluid across a square cylinder

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 160, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 157-167

  Sahu, Akhilesh K ^a   Chhabra, R P ^a   Eswaran, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Drag; Power law fluid; Square cylinder; Vortex shedding

Indexed keywords

COLLOCATED GRIDS; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; FLOW CONDITION; GLOBAL QUANTITIES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; KINEMATIC VARIABLES; LEADING EDGE; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NONUNIFORM; PERIODIC FLOW; POWER LAW FLUID; POWER LAW INDEX; SHEAR THINNING FLUIDS; SHEAR-THICKENING FLUIDS; SQUARE CYLINDER; SQUARE CYLINDERS; STREAMFUNCTION; UNSTEADY FREE STREAM; UNSTEADY LAMINAR FLOW;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STREAM FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX SHEDDING;

FLUIDS;

EID: 67349242967     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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