Journal of Rheology, Vol.41, No.1, 93-101, 1997
Conduit Flow of an Incompressible, Yield-Stress Fluid
The steady flow of an incompressible material of the Bingham viscoplastic type along a rectangular duct is calculated. This flow has importance in a number of geophysical problems. A numerical solution to the problem is found using finite differencing of the partial differential equation governing the fluid motion. The flow is seen to consist of a plug in the center of the duct with dead regions of "no-flow" at the corners, due to the rectangular cross Section. The variation of this flow pattern as a function of two nondimensional parameters, the yield stress and the aspect ratio, is investigated.
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