Helical Flow of a Sutterby Model Fluid
Abstract
Abstract The problem of helical flow of a Sutterby model fluid has been analyzed numerically using a finite difference technique. Sutterby model fluid is one of the most important non-Newtonian fluids representing constitutive equations for high polymer aqueous solutions of CMC, HEC, and MC, and hence the problem is of practical significance. Computations have been made for the case when the inner cylinder rotates about the common axis with constant angular velocity and the outer cylinder is at rest, while a constant pressure gradient is acting on the axis of rotation. The dimensionless velocity profiles, volumetric flow rate, torque, and pressure distribution have been calculated for various values of the model parameters and the radius ratio.