Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) is used to simulate the lid driven cavity flow to explore the mechanism of non-Newtonian fluid flow. The power law model is used to represent the class of non-Newtonian fluids (shear-thinning and shear-thickening fluids) by considering a range of 0.8 to 1.6. Investigation is carried out to study the influence of power law index and Reynolds number on the variation...

Abstract During polymer flooding into the reservoir using shear-thinning non-Newtonian fluids, an interface exists between in situ Newtonian crude oil and injected solution. This paper examines application of well test analysis techniques to develop analytical solution non-Newtonian/Newtonian fluids with different flow index composite reservoirs for estimating boundary conditions such reservoir...

Forming capillary bridges of low-viscosity (.10mPa s) fluids is difficult, making the study of their capillary-thinning behavior and the measurement of the fluid’s extensional viscosity difficult as well. Current techniques require some time to form a liquid bridge from the stretching of a droplet. Rapidly stretching a liquid bridge using these methods can cause its breakup if the viscosity is ...

Hydrodynamic dispersion in flow through porous media is an essential phenomenon many geosystems. While of Newtonian fluids relatively well-understood, subsurface applications, such as groundwater remediation, use the flooding system with non-Newtonian fluids, polymer oxidants. Despite its significance, however, very limited studies have been carried out focusing on hydrodynamic fluids. The pres...

In this study the pressure-drop, mean and rms axial velocity data are measured using a differential pressure transducer and a laser Doppler anemometer for the flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids in a concentric annular pipe (radius ratio =0.5) at various Reynolds numbers encompassing the laminar, transitional and turbulent regimes. Three different fluids are utilized; a semi-rigid shear-...

−− The falling cylinder viscometer (FCV) is a reliable instrument to quantify the viscosity of Newtonian fluids. Nevertheless, when nonNewtonian fluids are tested in this device, difficulties appear to determine the apparent viscosity. Thus, conventional rheometric calculations cannot be applied directly to experimental data provided by the FCV in order to obtain the apparent viscosity function...

Dynamic characteristics of electroosmosis of a typical non-Newtonian liquid in a rectangular microchannel are investigated by using numerical simulations. The non-Newtonian behavior of liquids is assumed to obey the famous power-law model and then the mathematical model is solved numerically by using the finite element method. The results indicate that the non-Newtonian effect produces some not...