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Analysis of entrance and exit effects in a falling cylinder viscometer
Author(s) -
Chen M. C. S.,
Swift G. W.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690180127
Subject(s) - viscometer , falling (accident) , cylinder , mechanics , convergence (economics) , mathematics , drag , flow (mathematics) , materials science , physics , thermodynamics , viscosity , geometry , economics , medicine , environmental health , economic growth
A variational method has been used to study the entrance and exit effects in a falling cylinder viscometer for creeping and noncreeping flow. The computed result indicate solution convergence for N R e less than 100 and agree with experiment within ± 0.5% for N R e less than 25.