Abstract
The flow characteristics of liquids modeled by the Bingham plastic constitutive relation through microtubes were numerically studied. The wall roughness effect in a microtube was characterized by using a roughness-viscosity model. The model was used to modify the laminar Bingham plastic flow equations in microtubes by introducing a location dependent apparent viscosity. The results show that the flow friction in microtubes is considerably larger than the predictions of the conventional theory based on uniform viscosity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 880-883 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |