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Analytical solution for fully developed channel and pipe flow of Phan ...

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1.0Fully <strong>developed</strong> <strong>flow</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Phan</strong>-Thien–Tanner fluids 2770.8yH0.60.40.2UCM0.10.51.05.00 0.5 1.0 1.5u/uFigure 2. Velocity pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> the linear PTT fluid in <strong>channel</strong> <strong>flow</strong> as a function <strong>of</strong> the dimensionlessgroup ɛ 1/2 De (solid line: parabolic pr<strong>of</strong>ile; dashed lines: ɛ 1/2 De =0.1, 0.5, 1.0 <strong>and</strong> 5.0).1.00.8yH0.60.4ChannelPipe0.20 0.5 1.0 1.5u/u2.0Figure 3. Comparison <strong>of</strong> the velocity pr<strong>of</strong>iles <strong>for</strong> the linear <strong>and</strong> exponential PTT model in <strong>channel</strong><strong>and</strong> <strong>pipe</strong> <strong>flow</strong> (De = 2 <strong>and</strong> ɛ = 0.1) (solid lines: parabolic pr<strong>of</strong>ile; dashed lines: linear <strong>and</strong>exponential PTT).<strong>and</strong> the axisymmetric cases1=2ūN ū(exp (b(ū N /ū) 2 )1 − 1 − exp (−b(ū )N/ū) 2 ). (25)b(ū N /ū) 2 b(ū N /ū) 2This time, these nonlinear equations are not amenable to an analytical <strong>solution</strong> <strong>and</strong>there<strong>for</strong>e numerical methods are required. We have solved the above equations with

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