Observation of laminar-turbulent transition of a yield stress fluid in Hagen-Poiseuille flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 627, Issue , 2009, Pages 97-128

  Guzel B ^a   Burghelea, T ^b   Frigaard, I A ^a   Martinez, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; TURBULENCE;

HAGEN-POISEUILLE FLOW; LAMINAR TURBULENT TRANSITIONS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; SHEAR THINNING FLUIDS; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS;

YIELD STRESS;

AUTOCORRELATION; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; LAMINAR-TURBULENT TRANSITION; PROBABILITY; STRESS; TURBULENCE;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 67650892224     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009005813     Document Type: Article

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