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Laminar flow of power-law fluids past a rotating cylinder. (English) Zbl 1274.76053
Summary: In this work, the continuity and momentum equations have been solved numerically to investigate the flow of power-law fluids over a rotating cylinder. In particular, consideration has been given to the prediction of drag and lift coefficients as functions of the pertinent governing dimensionless parameters, namely, power-law index ($$1\geq n \geq 0.2$$), dimensionless rotational velocity ($$0\leq \alpha \leq 6)$$ and the Reynolds number ($$0.1\leq Re \leq 40$$). Over the range of Reynolds number, the flow is known to be steady. Detailed streamline and vorticity contours adjacent to the rotating cylinder and surface pressure profiles provide further insights into the nature of flow. Finally, the paper is concluded by comparing the present numerical results with the scant experimental data on velocity profiles in the vicinity of a rotating cylinder available in the literature. The correspondence is seen to be excellent for Newtonian and inelastic fluids.

##### MSC:
 76A05 Non-Newtonian fluids 76U05 General theory of rotating fluids
##### Keywords:
rotating cylinder; power-law fluid; drag; lift; Reynolds number
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