Hydrodynamic interaction between a pair of bubbles ascending in shear-thinning inelastic fluids

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 118-132

  Vélez Cordero, J Rodrigo ^a   Sámano, Diego ^a   Yue, Pengtao ^b   Feng, James J ^c   Zenit, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bubble pair interaction; Non Newtonian; Shear thinning

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN; DEFORMABILITY; HYDRODYNAMIC INTERACTION; INELASTIC FLUIDS; INITIAL ALIGNMENT; INITIAL ANGLE; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NON-NEWTONIAN; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PAIR INTERACTIONS; SHEAR THINNING;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

FLUIDS;

EID: 78650177046     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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