Shear-thinning fluid flow in porous media: A study of boundary behavior using lattice Boltzmann method
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2017-03
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International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET) Volume 8, Issue 3, March 2017, pp. 13–21
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Simulation of fluid flow in porous media using lattice Boltzmann method depends
on how effectively collision, streaming and boundary conditions are implemented at
micro level in view of the macroscopic behaviour of fluid. While collision and
streaming have been extensively researched and attained effective formulation,
boundary conditions still remains to be studied thoroughly. This paper studies various
boundary conditions that are defined to simulate non-Newtonian fluid flow in porous
media using lattice Boltzmann method. Further, these conditions are applied to
simulate the problem of non-Newtonian forced convection in porous media and the
variation in flow regimes and rate of heat transfer is studied based on the variation in
velocity and thermal boundary behavior. Though velocity boundary conditions did not
produce any difference in the flow regimes, thermal boundary conditions produced
significant variation in rate of heat transfer
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Fernandes, I. (2017). Shear-Thinning Fluid Flow in Porous Media: A Study of Boundary Behaviour Using Lattice Boltzmann Method. International journal of mechanical and Technology, 8(3).