Simultaneously developing flow and heat transfer of non-Newtonian fluids in equilateral triangular duct

A numerical investigation based on the Galerkin finite element method was carried out to solve the full three-dimensional governing equations for simultaneously developing steady laminar flow and heat transfer to a purely viscous non-Newtonian fluid described by a power law model flowing in equilateral triangular ducts. Two commonly used thermal boundary conditions, constant wall temperature (T boundary condition) and constant wall heat flux both axially and peripherally (H2 boundary condition) were examined. It is shown that the Nusselt number distribution along the walls is affected appreciably by the variation of the power law index. Results are presented and discussed for a wide range of power law indices and Prandtl numbers for T and H2 boundary conditions.     

A 3D non-Newtonian fluid-structure interaction model for blood flow in arteries

The mathematical modelling and numerical simulation of the human cardiovascular system is playing nowadays an important role in the comprehension of the genesis and development of cardiovascular diseases. In this paper we deal with two problems of 3D modelling and simulation in this field, which are very often neglected in the literature. On the one hand blood flow in arteries is characterized by travelling pressure waves due to the interaction of blood with the vessel wall. On the other hand, blood exhibits non-Newtonian properties, like shear-thinning, viscoelasticity and thixotropy. The present work is concerned with the coupling of a generalized Newtonian fluid, accounting for the shear-thinning behaviour of blood, with an elastic structure describing the vessel wall, to capture the pulse wave due to the interaction between blood and the vessel wall. We provide an energy estimate for the coupling and compare the numerical results with those obtained with an equivalent fluid-structure interaction model using a Newtonian fluid.     

On the exponential behaviour of stochastic evolution equations for non-Newtonian fluids

We investigate the exponential long-time behaviour of the stochastic evolution equations describing the motion of a non-Newtonian fluids excited by multiplicative noise. Some results on the exponential convergence in mean square and with probability one of the weak probabilistic solution to the stationary solutions are given. We also prove an interesting result related to the stabilization of these stochastic evolution equations.     

Global weak solutions to a class of compressible non-Newtonian fluids with vacuum

The global weak solution of an initial-boundary value problem for a compressible non-Newtonian fluid is studied in a three-dimensional bounded domain. By the techniques of artificial pressure, a solution to the initial-boundary value problem is constructed through an approximation scheme and a weak convergence method. The existence of a global weak solution to the three-dimensional compressible non-Newtonian fluid with vacuum and large data is established.     

On the dynamic instability of non-Newtonian fluids driven by gravity

In this paper, we investigate the instability for Rayleigh–Taylor problem of three-dimensional incompressible non-Newtonian fluids with Eills-type. If the density profile in equilibrium-state is heavier with increasing height, we prove that the equilibrium-state solution is unstable under $H^3$-norm by exploiting a bootstrap method.     

Global regularity estimates for multidimensional equations of compressible non-Newtonian fluids

The present paper is devoted to the problem of global existence of sufficiently regular solutions to two- and three-dimensional equations of a compressible non-Newtonian fluid. In the case of the potential stress tensor, we develop a technique for deriving energy identities that do not contain derivatives of density. On the basis of these identities, in the case of sufficiently rapidly increasing potentials, we obtain an extended system ofa priori estimates for the equations mentioned above. We also study the related problem of estimating solutions to the nonlinear elliptic system generated by the stress tensor. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 68, No. 3, pp. 360–376, September, 2000.     

Galerkin discontinuous approximation of the transport equation and viscoelastic fluid flow on quadrilaterals

Numerical simulation of industrial processes involving viscoelastic liquids is often based on finite element methods on quadrilateral meshes. However, numerical analysis of these methods has so far been limited to triangular meshes. In this work, we consider quadrilateral meshes. We first study the approximation of the transport equation by a Galerkin discontinuous method and prove an 𝒪(h^k+1/2) error estimates for the Q_k finite element. Then we study a differential model for viscoelastic flow with unknowns u the velocity, p the pressure, and σ the viscoelastic part of the extra-stress tensor. The approximations are ((Q₁)² transforms of) Q_k+1 continuous for u, Q_k discontinuous for σ, and P_k discontinuous for p, with k ≥ 1. Upwinding for σ is obtained by the Galerkin discontinuous method. We show that an error estimate of order 𝒪(h^k+1/2) is valid in the energy norm for the three unknowns. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 14: 97–114, 1998     

平面非牛顿流体在m＞1时的径向流动

讨论平面非牛顿流体(例如高粘度高含腊量的地下石油)在m>1时的径向流动.作者首先给出了问题的数学模型,它是退缩的自由边值问题.然后得到了该问题的近似问题古典解的存在唯一性.当油井边的压力梯度是常值函数时,该问题古典解的存在唯一性也得到了.     

H 4-boundedness of pullback attractor for a 2D non-Newtonian fluid flow

We prove the H4-boundedness of the pullback attractor for a two- dimensional non-autonomous non-Newtonian fluid in bounded domains.     

Global existence of strong solutions of Navier-Stokes equations with non-Newtonian potential for one-dimensional isentropic compressible fluids

The aims of this paper are to discuss global existence and uniqueness of strong solution for a class of isentropic compressible navier-Stokes equations with non-Newtonian in one-dimensional bounded intervals. We prove two global existence results on strong solutions of isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations. The first result shows only the existence. And the second one shows the existence and uniqueness result based on the first result, but the uniqueness requires some compatibility condition.     

Creeping flow analysis of slightly non-Newtonian fluid in a uniformly porous slit

This paper provides the analysis of the steady, creeping flow of a special class of slightly viscoelastic, incompressible fluid through a slit having porous walls with uniform porosity. The governing two dimensional flow equations along with non-homogeneous boundary conditions are non-dimensionalized. Recursive approach is used to solve the resulting equations. Expressions for stream function, velocity components, volumetric flow rate, pressure distribution, shear and normal stresses in general and on the walls of the slit, fractional absorption and leakage flux are derived. Points of maximum velocity components are also identified. A graphical study is carried out to show the effect of porosity and non-Newtonian parameter on above mentioned resulting expressions. It is observed that axial velocity of the fluid decreases with the increase in porosity and non-Newtonian parameter. The outcome of this theoretical study has significant importance both in industry and biosciences.     

Nonexistence results for a compressible non-Newtonian fluid with magnetic effects in the whole space

We consider a generalization of the compressible barotropic Navier-Stokes equations to the case of non-Newtonian fluid in the whole space. The viscosity tensor is assumed to be coercive with an exponent q>1. We prove that if the total mass and momentum of the system are conserved, then one can find a constant qγ>1 depending on the dimension of space n and the heat ratio γ such that for q∈[qγ,n) there exists no global in time smooth solution to the Cauchy problem. We prove also an analogous result for solutions to equations of magnetohydrodynamic non-Newtonian fluid in 3D space.     

不可压缩非牛顿流体非定常流动初边值问题的非线性半群方法

本文应用非线性半群理论构造了不可压缩非牛顿流体非定常流动初边值问题的强解．     

The convergence of non-Newtonian fluids to Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper, the convergence of solutions for incompressible dipolar viscous non-Newtonian fluids is investigated. We obtain the conclusion that the solutions of non-Newtonian fluids converge to the solutions of Navier-Stokes equations in the sense of L²-norm (resp. H¹-norm), as the viscosities tend to zero and the initial data belong to H¹(Ω) (resp. H²(Ω)). Moreover, we obtain L^∞-norm convergence of solutions if the initial data belong to H²(Ω).     

A non-Newtonian fluid flow model for blood flow through a catheterized artery—Steady flow

In this paper the effects catheterization and non-Newtonian nature of blood in small arteries of diameter less than 100 μm, on velocity, flow resistance and wall shear stress are analyzed mathematically by modeling blood as a Herschel–Bulkley fluid with parameters n and θ and the artery and catheter by coaxial rigid circular cylinders. The influence of the catheter radius and the yield stress of the fluid on the yield plane locations, velocity distributions, flow rate, wall shear stress and frictional resistance are investigated assuming the flow to be steady. It is shown that the velocity decreases as the yield stress increases for given values of other parameters. The frictional resistance as well as the wall shear stress increases with increasing yield stress, whereas the frictional resistance increases and the wall shear stress decreases with increasing catheter radius ratio k (catheter radius to vessel radius). For the range of catheter radius ratio 0.3–0.6, in smaller arteries where blood is modeled by Herschel–Bulkley fluid with yield stress θ = 0.1, the resistance increases by a factor 3.98–21.12 for n = 0.95 and by a factor 4.35–25.09 for n = 1.05. When θ = 0.3, these factors are 7.47–124.6 when n = 0.95 and 8.97–247.76 when n = 1.05.     

Existence of the uniform trajectory attractor for a 3D incompressible non-Newtonian fluid flow

This paper studies the trajectory asymptotic behavior of a non-autonomous incompressible non-Newtonian fluid in 3D bounded domains. In appropriate topologies, the authors prove the existence of the uniform trajectory attractor for the translation semigroup acting on the united trajectory space.     

Analytical solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations for non-Newtonian fluid

The pressureless Navier-Stokes equations for non-Newtonian fluid are studied. The analytical solutions with arbitrary time blowup, in radial symmetry, are constructed in this paper. With the previous results for the analytical blowup solutions of the N-dimensional （N ≥ 2） Navier-Stokes equations, we extend the similar structure to construct an analytical family of solutions for the pressureless Navier-Stokes equations with a normal viscosity term （μ（ρ）｜ u｜^α u）.     

一类非牛顿流弱解的扰动

主要研究一类可压缩粘性非牛顿流方程弱解的扰动性质.在已知弱解存在的基础上,证明了选取适当范数时,沿着给定的时间序列,密度和速率的扰动趋于零.     

Asymptotic stability for one-dimensional motion of non-Newtonian compressible fluids

Rarefaction wave solutions for a one-dimensional model system associated with nomNewtonian compressible fluid are investigated in terms of asymptotic stability. The rarefaction wave solution is proved to be asymptotically stable, provided the initial disturbance is suitably small. The proof is given by the elemental L2 energy method.     

Numerical solution of laminar incompressible generalized Newtonian fluids flow

This paper deals with the numerical solution of laminar viscous incompressible flows for generalized Newtonian fluids in the branching channel. The generalized Newtonian fluids contain Newtonian fluids, shear thickening and shear thinning non-Newtonian fluids. The mathematical model is the generalized system of Navier-Stokes equations. The finite volume method combined with an artificial compressibility method is used for spatial discretization. For time discretization the explicit multistage Runge-Kutta numerical scheme is considered. Steady state solution is achieved for t → ∞ using steady boundary conditions and followed by steady residual behavior. For unsteady solution a dual-time stepping method is considered. Numerical results for flows in two dimensional and three dimensional branching channel are presented.