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Entry flow in a straight circular pipe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

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Abstract

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Here we discuss the development of the laminar flow of a viscous incompressible fluid from the entry to the fully developed situation in a straigbt circular pipe. Uniform entry conditions are considered and the analysis is based on the method of matched asymptotic expansions.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1982

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