Friction losses for power-law and viscoplastic materials in an entrance of a tube and an abrupt contraction

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 224-235

  Kfuri, Sergio L D ^a   Silva, Johnny Q ^a   Soares, Edson J ^a   Thompson, Roney L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contraction flow; Entrance flow; Finite element method; Friction losses; Non Newtonian material

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTION FLOW; ENTRANCE FLOW; FINITE ELEMENT; FRICTION LOSSES; NON-NEWTONIAN;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUIDS; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; TRIBOLOGY; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; VISCOPLASTICITY; YIELD STRESS;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

CONTRACTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER LAW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOPLASTICITY;

EID: 79951956959     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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