Revisiting plane Couette-Poiseuille flows of a piezo-viscous fluid

Suslov, Sergey A. and Tran, Thien Duc (2008) Revisiting plane Couette-Poiseuille flows of a piezo-viscous fluid. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 154 (2-3). pp. 170-178. ISSN 0377-0257

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Abstract

We re-examine fully developed isothermal unidirectional plane Couette-Poiseuille flows of an incompressible fluid whose viscosity depends linearly on the pressure as previously considered in Hron et al 2001. We show that the conclusion made there that, in contrast to Newtonian and power-law fluids, piezo-viscous fluids allow multiple solutions is not justified, and that the inflection velocity profiles reported in Hron et al 2001 cannot exist. Subsequently, we undertake a systematic parametric study of these flows and identify three distinct families of solutions which can exist in the considered geometry. One of these families has no similar counterpart for fluids with pressure-independent viscosity. We also show that the critical wall speed exists beyond which Poiseuille-type flows are impossible regardless of the magnitude of the applied pressure gradient. For smaller wall speeds channel choking occurs for Poiseuille-type flows at large pressure gradients. These features distinguish drastically piezo-viscous fluids from their Newtonian and power-law counterparts.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	Author's version deposited in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
Depositing User:	Dr Sergey Suslov
Faculty / Department / School:	Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Maths and Computing
Date Deposited:	01 Sep 2008 02:26
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2013 23:05
Uncontrolled Keywords:	pressure-dependent viscosity; piezo-viscous fluid; plane Couette-Poiseuille flow
Fields of Research :	02 Physical Sciences > 0203 Classical Physics > 020303 Fluid Physics 09 Engineering > 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering > 091504 Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics 01 Mathematical Sciences > 0102 Applied Mathematics > 010207 Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Socio-Economic Objective:	E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970101 Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciences
Identification Number or DOI:	doi: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2008.04.010.
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/4323

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