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Analytical solution for fully developed channel and pipe flow of Phan-Thien–Tanner fluids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 1999

PAULO J. OLIVEIRA
Affiliation:
Universidade da Beira Interior, Departamento Enga Electromecânica, 6200 Covilhã, Portugal
FERNANDO T. PINHO
Affiliation:
Centro de Estudo de Fenómenos de Transporte, DEMEGI, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua dos Bragas, 4099 Porto Codex, Portugal

Abstract

Analytical expressions are derived for the velocity vector, the stress components and the viscosity function in fully developed channel and pipe flow of Phan-Thien–Tanner (PTT) fluids; both the linearized and the exponential forms of the PTT equation are considered. The solution shows that the wall shear stress of a PTT fluid is substantially smaller than the corresponding value for a Newtonian or upper-convected Maxwell fluid, with implications for comparing predicted and measured values in a non-dimensional form.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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