the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 10272096).
The flow and convected heat transfer of the Oldroyd-B fluids in a rotating curved pipe with circular cross-section were investigated by employing a perturbation method. A perturbation solution up to the second order w...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10272096).
The fully developed Oldroyd-B fluid flow through rotating square ducts was numerically studied. The effects of the rotation on secondary flow, axial velocity, and axial normal stress were examined in detail. The resul...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No: 10272096).
Three-dimensional laminar flow in the entrance region of rotating curved pipes was investigated. The governing equations were written in an orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system and solved with a fully three-dimens...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No :10272096)
The fully developed laminar flow in helical elliptical pipes is influenced by curvature, torsion and aspect ratio of cross-section. With the aid of the symbolic manipulation technique, the governing equations were sol...