Steady Flows Of Cosserat-bingham Fluids

Abstract

The equations describing the steady flow of Cosserat-Bingham fluids are considered, and existence of weak solution is proved for the three-dimensional boundary-value problem with the use of the Lipschitz truncation argument. In contrast to the classical Bingham fluid, the micropolar Bingham fluid supports local micro-rotations and two types of plug zones. Our approach is based on an approximation of the constitutive relation by a generalized Newtonian constitutive relation and a subsequent limiting process. Copyright (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.