The numerical simulation of some contraction flows of highly elastic liquids and their impact on the relevance of the Couette correction in extensional rheology

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 4632-4639

  Walters, K ^a   Webster, M F ^b   Tamaddon Jahromi, H R ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boger fluid; Mathematical modeling; Non Newtonian fluids; Pressure drop; Rheology; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC CONTRACTION; BOGER FLUID; BOGER FLUIDS; CONTRACTION FLOW; COUETTE; EXPANSION GEOMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTENSIONAL RHEOLOGY; EXTENSIONAL VISCOSITY; FLOW EXPERIMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NORMAL STRESS DIFFERENCE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OLDROYD-B; ROUNDED CORNERS; SHARP CORNERS; SHEAR THINNING; SIMULATION;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELASTICITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PLASTIC FLOW; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SHRINKAGE; SIMULATORS; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 70349491125     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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