Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences
Volume 4 (2000), Issue 2, Pages 111-123
doi:10.1155/S1173912600000080
Numerical simulation of the oscillations of non-newtonian viscous fluids with a free surface
Department of Mathematics, University of Auckland, Auckland Private Bag 92019, New Zealand
Copyright © 2000 A. Korobeinikov. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Non-Newtonian fluids are increasingly being transported by a variety
of vehicles. It has been observed that vehicles containing such fluids
demonstrate behaviour which could be explained only by non-linearity
characteristics of such fluids. In this paper small oscillations of
non-Newtonian fluids in tanks are considered. A numerical method
suitable for both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids is suggested.
Examples of numerical simulations with emphasis on Bingham fluids are
given to demonstrate effects of non-linear properties.