Transitional flow of a non-Newtonian fluid in a pipe: Experimental evidence of weak turbulence induced by shear-thinning behavior

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Esmael, A ^a   Nouar, C ^a   Lefevre A ^a   Kabouya, N ^a  

^a NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; TURBULENCE;

AXIAL VELOCITY; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; LARGE-SCALE COHERENT STRUCTURES; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; SHEAR THINNING FLUIDS; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; TRANSITIONAL FLOW; WEAK TURBULENCE;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 79251584362     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3491511     Document Type: Article

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