pseudoplastic fluid

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pseu·do·plas·tic flu·id

a fluid which exhibits shear thinning.

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They have studied the shape and the size of cavern generated around a radial-flow Scaba 6SRGT impeller in the mixing of xanthan gum solution, which is a pseudoplastic fluid possessing yield stress.

Numerical investigation of flow induced by a disc turbine in unbaffled stirred tank/Investigacao numerica do fluxo induzido por uma turbina de disco em 'unbaffled' tanque de agitacao

1996): "study on surge Pressure for Yield Pseudoplastic Fluid in a Concentric Annulus", Applied mathematics and mechanics, Vol.

Effects of mud properties, hole size, drill string tripping speed and configurations on swab and surge pressure magnitude during drilling operations

Several reviewed studies confirm the yogurt as a pseudoplastic fluid.

Rheological characterization of coffee-flavored yogurt with different types of thickener/Caracterizacao reologica de iogurte sabor cafe com diferentes tipos de espessante

Kato, "Experiments of Pseudoplastic Fluid Cross Flow Around a Circular Cylinder," Heat Transfer Jap.

Steady flow of power law fluids across a circular cylinder

The lower limit of this curve corresponds to a very pseudoplastic fluid (n [is less than] 0.

Evaluation of rheological properties of non-Newtonian fluids in internal mixers: an alternative method based on the power law model

Pseudoplastic fluids become thinner when the shear rate increases, until the viscosity reaches a plateau of limit viscosity.

Rheological characteristics of oligomeric semiproducts gained via chemical degradation of polyurethane foam using crude glycerin in the presence of different catalysts

A reader posits that both are, erm, non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluids and "thixotropic".

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Batch Heat Transfer Coefficients for Pseudoplastic Fluids in Agitated Vessels.

Determinacion del coeficiente de pelicula para fluidos pseudoplasticos calentados con serpentin en tanques agitados

Measured and computed velocity profiles for laminar flow of yield pseudoplastic fluids in concentric and eccentric annuli have been given also by Escudier et al.

Laminar, transitional and turbulent flow of Herschel--Bulkley fluids in concentric annulus

1987) apud Queiroz (1998), juices and pulps are considered as pseudoplastic fluids, and the Newtonian behavior is determined by the pulp content of the product--juices without pulp, or with little pulp, behave as Newtonians fluids.

Influence of concentration on the steady and oscillatory shear behavior of umbu pulp