TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-axisymmetric flow of a viscoelastic fluid between rotating disks
AU - Huilgol, R. R.
AU - Rajagopal, K. R.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/0377-0257(87)80030-7
DO - 10.1016/0377-0257(87)80030-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0022682640
SN - 0377-0257
VL - 23
SP - 423
EP - 434
JO - Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
JF - Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
ER -