This article illustrates the spreading and receding characteristics of non-Newtonian droplets impinging on solid surfaces at different Weber numbers. A xanthan gum solution was used to generate non-Newtonian droplets. From digital images captured using a high speed camera, spreading diameters and dynamic contact angles (DCA) were measured during the impact process. Depending on impact velocity,...

Pulsatile blood flow in an aorta of normal subject is studied by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations. The main intention of this study is to determine the influence of the non-Newtonian nature of blood on a pulsatile flow through an aorta. The usual Newtonian model of blood viscosity and a nonNewtonian blood model are used to study the velocity distributions, wall pressure and wall s...

The capabilities and limitations of various molecular viscosity models, when testing Left Coronary Artery (LCA) tree, were analyzed via: molecular viscosity, local and global non-Newtonian importance factors, Wall Shear Stress (WSS) and Wall Shear Stress Gradient (WSSG). Seven non-Newtonian molecular viscosity models, plus the Newtonian one, were compared. Dense grid of 620000 nodes located, mo...

Non-Newtonian uids are increasingly being transported by a variety of vehicles. It has been observed that vehicles containing such uids demonstrate behaviour which could be explained only by non-linearity characteristics of such uids. In this paper small oscillations of non-Newtonian uids in tanks are considered. A numerical method suitable for both Newtonian and non-Newtonian uids is suggested...

A non-Newtonian fluid is a fluid whose flow properties differ in many ways from those of Newtonian fluids. Most commonly the viscosity of non-Newtonian fluids is not independent of shear rate or shear rate history. In practice, many fluid materials exhibits non-Newtonian fluid behavior such as: salt solutions, molten, ketchup, custard, toothpaste, starch suspensions, paint, blood, and shampoo e...