Flow Field (IMAGE)

Colorado State University

Flow Field

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Flow field for a fluid that flows easily in the bottom layer but has a more viscous, nonlinear viscoplastic behavior in the top two-thirds of the region. This material exhibits starkly changing behavior in the hyperbolic arc.

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Computation with the ASPECT code by Menno Fraters, University of Utrecht; visualization by Wolfgang Bangerth, Colorado State University

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