Deformation of a Capsule in a Power-Law Shear Flow

Figure 5

Deformation of the flexible capsule in a shear flow for Reynolds number of , dimensionless shear rate of , and power-law index of to 1.8: (a) capsule shapes for difference power-law indices (the dashed line is for the Newtonian fluid case where ) and (b) Taylor shape parameter as a function of power-law index.

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