Elasto-viscoplastic fluid flow in tubes of arbitrary cross-section

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Siginer, Dennis

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Publication Details

Author list: Letelier MF, Siginer DA, Gonzalez A

Publisher: Elsevier

Place: NEW YORK

Publication year: 2017

Journal: Applied Mathematical Modelling (0307-904X)

Journal acronym: APPL MATH MODEL

Volume number: 46

Start page: 572

End page: 580

Number of pages: 9

ISSN: 0307-904X

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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Abstract

Elasto-viscoplastic fluid flow in tubes of arbitrary cross-section is explored. A constitutive equation superposing elasticity on the viscoplastic behavior through a linear combination of the non-linear simplified Phan Thien Tanner constitutive model of viscoelasticity and the non-linear Bingham constitutive equation of viscoplasticity is developed. The equation of motion is solved analytically for the longitudinal field for steady flow in tubes of non-circular cross-section. The evolution of the plug and stagnant zones, hallmarks of viscoplastic behavior, is studied when elasticity is present, and the rate of flow is determined in terms of the Weissenberg and Bingham numbers. Elasticity tends to enhance the rate of flow for given viscoplastic conditions, and stagnant and plug zone configurations are substantially altered. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Arbitrary cross-sectional tube, Elasto-viscoplastic fluid flow, Flow enhancement, Plug and stagnant zones, Weissenberg and Bingham numbers

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