Table 1 Parameters of the constitutive equations used in this work in dimensional (top) and dimensionless (bottom) form
From: Separation of particles in non-Newtonian fluids flowing in T-shaped microchannels
Newtonian | Bird-Carreau A | Bird-Carreau B | Giesekus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
\(\eta _\text {s}\) [Pa] | 1.1 | – | – | 0.1 |
\(\eta _0\) [Pa] | – | 1.1 | 1.1 | – |
\(\eta _{\infty }\) [Pa] | – | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
n [−] | – | 0.25 | 0.05 | – |
K [s] | – | 1.0 | 1.0 | – |
\(\lambda \) [s] | – | – | – | 1.0 |
\(\eta _\text {p}\) [Pa] | – | – | – | 1.0 |
\(\alpha \) [−] | – | – | – | 0.2 |
\(\Lambda \) | – | 0.33–1.33 | 0.33–1.33 | 0.33–1.33 |
\(\eta _\text {r}\) | – | 0.091 | 0.091 | 0.091 |
n | – | 0.25 | 0.05 | – |
\(\alpha \) | – | – | – | 0.2 |