Numerical simulation of a bubble rising in shear-thinning fluids

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 165, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 555-567

  Zhang, Li ^a,b   Yang, Chao ^a   Mao, Zai Sha ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bubble; Level set; Non Newtonian liquid; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE LEVELS; BUBBLE RISING; BUBBLE SHAPES; CARREAU; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CONTROL VOLUMES; EULERIAN GRIDS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FREE INTERFACE; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; INELASTIC FLUIDS; LEVEL SET APPROACH; NON-NEWTONIAN; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RHEOLOGICAL MODELS; SHEAR THINNING FLUIDS; SHEAR-RATE; SHEAR-THINNING LIQUIDS; SIMPLEC ALGORITHM; SIMULATION RESULT; SINGLE BUBBLES; STAGNANT FLOW; VELOCITY FIELD; VISCO-ELASTIC FLUID; ZERO SHEAR VISCOSITY;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUIDS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE INTERFACES; VISCOSITY;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 77952554155     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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