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Consideration is given to the problem of a sphere falling along the axis of a vertical cylindrical tube containing a viscoelastic fluid. Numerical predictions of the flow are obtained using a well established finite element Galerkin mixed formulation. The effect of elasticity on the streamline pattern, the drag and the stress field are discussed.
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Carew, E.O.A., Townsend, P. Non-Newtonian flow past a sphere in a long cylindrical tube. Rheol Acta 27, 125–129 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01331896
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