Petrov-Galerkin computation of nonlinear waves in pipe flow of shear-thinning fluids: First theoretical evidences for a delayed transition

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1733-1743

  Roland, Nicolas ^a   Plaut, Emmanuel ^a   Nouar, Chérif ^a  

^a NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Non Newtonian fluids; Pipe flow; Pseudospectral methods

Indexed keywords

CARREAU; CONVERGENCE PROPERTIES; CRITICAL REYNOLDS NUMBER; EXPONENTIAL CONVERGENCE; IN-PIPE; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NON-NEWTONIAN; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NONLINEAR NATURE; NONLINEAR WAVES; PETROV-GALERKIN; PSEUDOSPECTRAL; PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHODS; RHEOLOGICAL MODELS; SADDLE NODE BIFURCATION; SHEAR THINNING FLUIDS; TRAVELING WAVE; VISCOSITY FLUIDS; VISCOUS DIFFUSION; WAVE NUMBERS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUIDS; GALERKIN METHODS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PIPE; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 77955049645     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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