SIMULATION OF RHEOMETRIC FLOW OF A NEWTONIAN FLUID BY THE METHOD OF FINITE ELEMENTS
I. A. Mackarov UDC 519.6:532.62 Flow between two plates is investigated numerically in the phase of reaching a steady-state value for a Newtonian fluid. Certain features of the application of the method of finite elements are discussed. The time of reaching the steady state by the flow is determined, which is constant for a wide range of parameters and fluids. It is noted that the results obtained can serve as the "point of departure" for comparing the considered flow with similar flows of viscoelastic and viscoplastic fluids and that the difference between the times of reaching the steady state by the flows can be used to evaluate the degree of non-Newtonian behavior of one fluid or another or of the model. JEPTER74920200015 JEPTER7492015