Velocity Profile of Laminar Flow of Power Law fluid in a Pipe

velocity profile of laminar flow of a power law fluid

The velocity and shear stress versus radial position are determined for laminar flow of a power law fluid in a pipe. The shooting method is used to verify the no-slip boundary condition at the pipe’s wall. Once the velocity at the center is determined, the governing equation is solved numerically to get the velocity profile in the pipe. A dialog box allows the user to input power law fluid parameters. Both dilatant and pseudo-plastic fluids can be chosen by the user.

For a paper and programs on non-Newtonian fluids using Mathematica, please visit the following links:

http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/Articles/6739/

http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/5152/