Numerical simulations of wormlike micelles flows in micro-fluidic T-shaped junctions

M. Colin, T. Colin and J. Dambrine

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), 2016, vol. 127, issue C, 28-55

Abstract: Numerical simulations of non-Newtonian fluids such as wormlike micellar solutions in confined geometries are of great interest in the oil industry. Their main property called shear-banding is a brutal transition from a very viscous state to a very fluid state above a certain threshold value of shear stress. This feature leads to a very complex behavior in 3D flows.

Keywords: Rheology; Wormlike micelles; Microfluidics; T-junctions; 3D simulations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2013.12.006

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