TY - JOUR
T1 - Simulation of Power-Law Fluid Flows in Two-Dimensional Square Cavity Using Multi-Relaxation-Time Lattice Boltzmann Method
AU - Qiuxiang Li, Ning Hong, Baochang Shi & Zhenhua Chai
JO - Communications in Computational Physics
VL - 1
SP - 265
EP - 284
PY - 2014
DA - 2014/01
SN - 15
DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.160212.210513a
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/7095.html
KW - 
AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">In this paper, the power-law fluid flows in a two-dimensional square cavity
are investigated in detail with multi-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann method (MRT-LBM). The influence of the Reynolds number (Re) and the power-law index (n) on the
vortex strength, vortex position and velocity distribution are extensively studied. In
our numerical simulations, Re is varied from 100 to 10000, and n is ranged from 0.25 to
1.75, covering both cases of shear-thinning and shear-thickening. Compared with the
Newtonian fluid, numerical results show that the flow structure and number of vortex
of power-law fluid are not only dependent on the Reynolds number, but also related
to power-law index.</p>