Pulsating flow of viscoelastic fluids in straight tubes of arbitrary cross-section - Part II: secondary flows

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Authors / Editors

Siginer, Dennis

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Publication Details

Author list: Siginer DA, Letelier MF

Publisher: Elsevier

Place: OXFORD

Publication year: 2002

Journal: International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics (0020-7462)

Journal acronym: INT J NONLINEAR MECH

Volume number: 37

Issue number: 2

Start page: 395

End page: 407

Number of pages: 13

ISSN: 0020-7462

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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Abstract

The secondary flow field in the pulsating flow of a constitutively non-linear fluid, whose structure is defined by a series of nested integrals over semi-infinite time domains, in straight tubes of arbitrary cross-sections is investigated. The transversal field arises at the second order of the perturbation of the non-linear constitutive structure., and is driven by first-order terms which define the linearly viscoelastic longitudinal flow in the hierarchy of superposed linear flows stemming from the perturbation of the constitutive structure. The unconventional conduit contours are obtained through a novel approach to the concept of domain perturbation. Time-averaged, mean secondary flow streamline patterns are presented for triangular, square and hexagonal pipes. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

arbitrary cross-section, pulsating flows, secondary flows, straight tubes, Viscoelastic fluid

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