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9 #+TITLE: *FENE-P viscoelastic constitutive model README file for version 3.2*
11 #+DATE: 05 October 2010
15 * This is a simulation case for a viscoelastic fluid described by the Finitely
16 Extensible Nonlinear Elastic-Peterlin constitutive model (FENE-P).
17 The geometry was the 4:1 plane contraction. This is a well studied
18 geometry in viscoelastic fluid flow research.
20 More details about the model or parameters used, as also informations
21 about the geometry, can be found at:
23 *** AZAIEZ, J.; GUÉNETTE, R.; AïT-KADI, A. Numerical simulation of viscoelastic
24 flows through a planar contraction. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid
25 Mechanics, v. 62, n. 2-3, p. 253 – 277, 1996. ISSN 0377-0257.
26 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TGV-3TKMMG1-8/2/b9b59e81347a3b5b3c185a2d9f2289af>
29 * The results for this case using viscoelasticFluidFoam solver can be found at:
31 *** Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics:
32 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TGV-511BYYF-1/2/53b604790dda6f271bb2e82870ba0c2a>