Incomplete fluid-fluid displacement of yield stress fluids in near-horizontal pipes: Experiments and theory

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 167-168, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-74

  Taghavi, S M ^a   Alba, K ^a   Moyers Gonzalez, M ^b   Frigaard, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Carbopol; Displacement flow; Static residual layers; UDV; Yield stress fluids

Indexed keywords

CARBOPOL; DISPLACEMENT FLOW; RESIDUAL LAYERS; UDV; YIELD STRESS FLUIDS;

BUOYANCY; FLOW RATE; FLUIDS; PIPE; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

YIELD STRESS;

EID: 83555179133     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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