Flow rate–pressure drop relation for shear-thinning fluids in narrow channels: approximate solutions and comparison with experiments

DOI10.1017/JFM.2021.621zbMath1495.76005OpenAlexW3188917535MaRDI QIDQ4957943

Evgeniy Boyko, Howard A. Stone

Publication date: 6 September 2021

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.621

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic solutionlow-Reynolds-number flowflow rate-pressure drop relationnon-Newtonian Carreau fluid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Non-Newtonian fluids (76A05) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45)

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