Secondary flow induced by the rotation of two concentric spheres about their common diameter in micropolar fluids

Bhatnagar, KS (1969) Secondary flow induced by the rotation of two concentric spheres about their common diameter in micropolar fluids. In: Rheologica Acta, 8 (1). pp. 44-54.

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Abstract

In this paper, we have studied the secondary flow induced in a micropolar fluid by the rotation of two concentric spheres about a fixed diameter. The secondary flow exhibits behaviour commonly observed in visco-elastic fluids. In particular we have obtained the expressions for microrotation vector. Numerical results have been obtained for a number of values of relative rotations of the two spheres for a chosen set of values of fluid parameters. The results are presented graphically and compared with the previous investigations.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Rheologica Acta
Publisher:	Springer
Additional Information:	Copy right of this article belongs to Springer.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	17 May 2010 06:21
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 06:05
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/27648

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