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Significance of the deborah number in steady flows

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Una succinta discussione dei concetti di “storia costante di deformazione” e di “storia reologica perpetua”, introdotti rispettivamente da Noll e da Oldroyd, mostra che essi sono essenzialmente equivalenti. Il significato fisico generalmente attribuito al numero di Deborah implica che il suo valore è zero per flussi a storia reologica perpetua. Questi formano una classe più ristretta che non i flussi stazionari, e quindi viene proposta una definizione del numero di Deborah, da usarsi nell'analisi di flussi stazionari, la quale soddisfa il criterio di fornire un valore nullo nel caso di flussi a storia reologica perpetua.

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A brief discussion of the “constant stretch history” concept introduced by Noll, and of the “perpetual rheological history” concept introduced by Oldroyd, shows that these are essentially equivalent. The physical meaning which is generally attached to the Deborah number implies that its value is zero for constant stretch history flows. These are a more restricted class than all steady flows, and thus a definition of the Deborah number is given, to be used in the analysis of steady flows, which fulfills the requirement of yielding a zero value when applied to a constant stretch history flow pattern.

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Marrucci, G., Astarita, G. Significance of the deborah number in steady flows. Meccanica 2, 141–143 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02128167

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