Steady Flows of Differential Type Fluids

Flow of non-Newtonian materials over a moving surface with heat transfer is specifically significant in the extrusion processes, cooling of continuous strips or filaments, paper production, food processes, metallurgical processes and many others. It is due to the fact that the investigators are interested to increase the efficiency of various machines by increasing the rate of heat transfer. The properties of final product also depend greatly upon heat transfer rate at the stretching surface. The cooling rate depends on physical properties of cooling medium including thermal conductivity. To further improve the mechanical properties of the fiber/plastic sheet through better cooling rate, it is necessary that we have to control its viscoelasticity by using polymeric additives. By using such additives the viscosity of the fluid is increased and it slows down the rate of solidification. Having such in mind this book develops models analyzing the stretched flows of viscoelastic materials in presence of heat transfer. This book is arranged in the form of eleven chapters.