Vortex shedding in cylinder flow of shear-thinning fluids. I: Identification and demarcation of flow regimes

DOI10.1016/S0377-0257(03)00007-7zbMath1024.76505MaRDI QIDQ1402556

Fernando T. Pinho, P. M. Coelho

Publication date: 28 August 2003

Published in: Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0377-0257(03)00007-7

zbMATH Keywords

Strouhal number; Vortex shedding; Relaxation time; Shear thinning; Cylinder flow; Dilute polymeric solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76-05: Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics

76A10: Viscoelastic fluids

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