Mobility of power-law and Carreau fluids through fibrous media

The flow of generalized Newtonian fluids with a rate-dependent viscosity through fibrous media is studied, with a focus on developing relationships for evaluating the effective fluid mobility. Three methods are used here: (i) a numerical solution of the Cauchy momentum equation with the Carreau or p...

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Main Authors: Shahsavari, Setareh, McKinley, Gareth H
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100456
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4395-523X
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8323-2779