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Minimum dissipation rate flow with given flux
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 April 2003
Abstract
Flow of a viscous incompressible fluid through a conduit with rigid walls is considered, with the flux given at the entrance and exit. The velocity distribution which minimizes the rate of energy dissipation is characterized. It is a Stokes flow with the surface stress equal to a constant pressure at the entrance and another constant pressure at the exit.
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