Viscosity effects on flows of generalized Newtonian fluids through curved pipes

This paper is concerned with the application of finite element methods to obtain solutions for steady fully develloped generalized Newtonian flows in a curved pipe of circular cross-section and arbitrary curvature ratio, under a given axial pressure gradient

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arada, Nadir (author)
Other Authors: Pires, Marília (author), Sequeira, Adélia (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/4210
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/4210
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Summary:This paper is concerned with the application of finite element methods to obtain solutions for steady fully develloped generalized Newtonian flows in a curved pipe of circular cross-section and arbitrary curvature ratio, under a given axial pressure gradient