Laminar flow of non-Newtonian shear-thinning fluids in a T-channel

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-91

  Khandelwal, Vinit ^a   Dhiman, Amit ^a   Baranyi, László ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISKOLC   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Critical Reynolds number; Laminar flow; Non Newtonian fluids; Recirculation length; T channel

Indexed keywords

FLOW SEPARATION; LAMINAR FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; VISCOSITY; WAKES;

CRITICAL REYNOLDS NUMBER; ENGINEERING PARAMETERS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NON-NEWTONIAN POWER-LAW FLUIDS; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; RECIRCULATIONS; SHEAR THINNING FLUIDS; T-CHANNEL;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 84916899269     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2014.11.030     Document Type: Article

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