Electroosmotic flows of non-Newtonian power-law fluids in a cylindrical microchannel

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 662-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cunlu Zhao ◽  
Chun Yang
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Power Law Fluids ◽  
Cylindrical Microchannel ◽  
Electroosmotic Flows

scholarly journals Dynamic Electroosmotic Flows of Power-Law Fluids in Rectangular Microchannels

Micromachines ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cunlu Zhao ◽  
Wenyao Zhang ◽  
Chun Yang
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Rectangular Microchannels ◽  
Power Law Fluids ◽  
Electroosmotic Flows

Forced convection heat transfer study of a blunt-headed cylinder in non-Newtonian power-law fluids

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaspinder Kaur ◽  
Roderick Melnik ◽  
Anurag Kumar Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Drag Coefficient ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Average Nusselt Number ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Total Drag ◽  
Shear Thinning Fluids ◽  
Power Law Fluids

Abstract In this present work, forced convection heat transfer from a heated blunt-headed cylinder in power-law fluids has been investigated numerically over the range of parameters, namely, Reynolds number (Re): 1–40, Prandtl number (Pr): 10–100 and power-law index (n): 0.3–1.8. The results are expressed in terms of local parameters, like streamline, isotherm, pressure coefficient, and local Nusselt number and global parameters, like wake length, drag coefficient, and average Nusselt number. The length of the recirculation zone on the rear side of the cylinder increases with the increasing value of Re and n. The effect of the total drag coefficient acting on the cylinder is seen to be higher at the low value of Re and its effect significant in shear-thinning fluids (n < 1). On the heat transfer aspect, the rate of heat transfer in fluids is increased by increasing the value of Re and Pr. The effect of heat transfer is enhanced in shear-thinning fluids up to ∼ 40% and it impedes it’s to ∼20% shear-thickening fluids. In the end, the numerical results of the total drag coefficient and average Nusselt number (in terms of J H −factor) have been correlated by simple expression to estimate the intermediate value for the new application.

The Analysis Approach of Boundary Layer Equations of Power-Law Fluids of Second Grade

2008 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 564-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeid Abbasbandy ◽  
Muhammet Yürüsoy ◽  
Mehmet Pakdemirli
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Homotopy Analysis Method ◽  
Nonlinear Problems ◽  
Analytic Solutions ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
Power Law Fluids ◽  
Homotopy Analysis ◽  
Constant Coefficients

A powerful analytic technique for nonlinear problems, the homotopy analysis method (HAM), is employed to give analytic solutions of power-law fluids of second grade. For the so-called secondorder power-law fluids, the explicit analytic solutions are given by recursive formulas with constant coefficients. Also, for the real power-law index in a quite large range an analytic approach is proposed. It is demonstrated that the approximate solution agrees well with the finite difference solution. This provides further evidence that the homotopy analysis method is a powerful tool for finding excellent approximations to nonlinear equations of the power-law fluids of second grade.

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