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A Lagrangian finite element method for the simulation of flow of non-newtonian liquids

Ole Hassager, +1 more
- 01 Jan 1983 - 
- Vol. 12, Iss: 2, pp 153-164
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In this paper, a Lagrangian method for the simulation of flow of non-Newtonian liquids is implemented, where fluid mechanical equations are formulated in the form of a variational principle, and a discretization is performed by finite elements.
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A Lagrangian method for the simulation of flow of non-Newtonian liquids is implemented. The fluid mechanical equations are formulated in the form of a variational principle, and a discretization is performed by finite elements. The method is applied to the slow of a contravariant convected Maxwell liquid around a sphere moving axially in a cylinder. The simulations show that the friction factor for a sphere in a narrow cylinder is a rapidly decreasing function of the Deborah number, while the friction factor for a sphere in a very wide cylinder is not significantly affected by fluid elasticity. It is demostrated that the simulated wall effect on the motion of the sphere may be utilized in an experimental identification of a time constant for a given liquid.

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