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FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF ANISOTROPIC FLUID SUSPENSIONS
Author(s) -
CAREY G. F.,
HU T. DAVID,
McLAY R
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in fluids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1097-0363
pISSN - 0271-2091
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(19960115)22:1<11::aid-fld326>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - finite element method , anisotropy , compressibility , flow (mathematics) , tensor (intrinsic definition) , mixed finite element method , extended finite element method , mathematics , incompressible flow , orientation (vector space) , classical mechanics , mechanics , mathematical analysis , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
The orientation tensor L is introduced to construct a modified Leslie–Ericksen model for the viscous, incompressible flow of anisotropic suspensions (including electric field effects). This is then utilized to develop a weak variational formulation and finite element scheme for computing the flow and orientation fields. Numerical results are presented for exploratory test problems.