Non-axisymmetric flow of a viscoelastic fluid between rotating disks

R. R. Huilgol, K. R. Rajagopal

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    Abstract

    It has been known for many years that two functions of the axial co-ordinate determine the axi-symmetric velocity field in the rotating disk problem in an incompressible Newtonian fluid. Recently, in the same configuration, the existence of a non-axisymmetric velocity field, determined by four functions of the axial co-ordinate, has been demonstrated. Because two functions of the axial co-ordinate determine the axi-symmetric velocity field in the above configuration for a class of viscoelastic fluids as well, it could be conjectured that four functions solve the non-axisymmetric problem for the same class of viscoelastic fluids. Here, this conjecture is shown to be true.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)423-434
    Number of pages12
    JournalJournal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
    Volume23
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1987

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