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Minimum dissipation rate flow with given flux

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2003

JOSEPH B. KELLER
Affiliation:
Departments of Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 93405-2125, USAkeller@math.stanford.edu

Abstract

Flow of a viscous incompressible fluid through a conduit with rigid walls is considered, with the flux given at the entrance and exit. The velocity distribution which minimizes the rate of energy dissipation is characterized. It is a Stokes flow with the surface stress equal to a constant pressure at the entrance and another constant pressure at the exit.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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