Purely elastic instabilities in three-dimensional cross-slot geometries

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 165, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 743-751

  Afonso, A M ^a   Alves, M A ^a   Pinho, F T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

3D cross slot; Elastic instability; Finite volume method; Flow bifurcation; UCM model

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL EXTENSION; DEBORAH NUMBERS; ELASTIC FLOWS; ELASTIC INSTABILITIES; EXTENSIONAL FLOWS; FLOW ARRANGEMENTS; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; ON FLOW; STAGNATION POINTS; SYMMETRIC FLOW; TIME-DEPENDENT; UCM MODEL; UNIAXIAL EXTENSION; UNIAXIAL EXTENSIONAL FLOW; UPPER-CONVECTED MAXWELL FLUIDS; VISCOELASTIC FLOWS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MIXED CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77953292423     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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