The free (open) boundary condition with integral constitutive equations

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 177-178, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-108

  Mitsoulis, Evan ^a   Malamataris, Nikolaos A ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free (open) boundary condition; Integral Maxwell fluid; K BKZ model; Newtonian fluid; Non isothermal flows; Viscoelastic flows

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FEM; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MAXWELL FLUID; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NONISOTHERMAL FLOWS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OUTFLOW CONDITION; PLANAR FLOW; POISEUILLE FLOW; SINGLE RELAXATION TIME; TEST CASE; UCM MODEL; UPPER-CONVECTED MAXWELL FLUIDS; VISCO-ELASTIC FLUID; VISCOELASTIC FLOWS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; POLYMER MELTS; VISCOELASTICITY;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 84861336664     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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