Nonlinear Reynolds equations for non-Newtonian thin-film fluid flows over a rough boundary
Analysis of PDEs
2017-12-19 v1
Abstract
We consider a non-Newtonian fluid flow in a thin domain with thickness and an oscillating top boundary of period . The flow is described by the 3D incompressible Navier-Stokes system with a nonlinear viscosity, being a power of the shear rate (power law) of flow index , with . We consider the limit when the thickness tends to zero and we prove that the three characteristic regimes for Newtonian fluids are still valid for non-Newtonian fluids, i.e. Stokes roughness (), Reynolds roughness () and high-frequency roughness () regime. Moreover, we obtain different nonlinear Reynolds type equations in each case.
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@article{arxiv.1712.06005,
title = {Nonlinear Reynolds equations for non-Newtonian thin-film fluid flows over a rough boundary},
author = {María Anguiano and Francisco J. Suárez-Grau},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.06005},
year = {2017}
}
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31 pages