Analysis of non-Newtonian flow with reacting species in a channel filled with a saturated porous medium

作者：Chinyoka T^*; Makinde O D

来源：Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2014, 121: 1-8.

DOI：10.1016/j.petrol.2014.07.004

• unsteady flow
• third grade
• reacting species
• isotropic porous medium
• finite difference method

This article examines the unsteady, pressure driven flow of a non-Newtonian fluid with reacting species in a parallel plate channel filled with a homogeneous, isotropic and saturated porous medium. A differential type third grade constitute equation is employed to model the non-Newtonian character of the fluid. The coupled nonlinear partial differential equations governing the problem are derived and solved numerically using a semi-implicit finite difference scheme. Graphical results are presented and discussed qualitatively and quantitatively with respect to various parameters embedded in the problem.

• 出版日期2014-9