On the Bingham Flow in a Thin Y-Like Shaped Structure

Abstract

AbstractWe consider the steady Bingham flow in a two-dimensional thin Y-like shaped structure, with no-slip boundary conditions and under the action of given external forces. After passage to the limit with respect to a small parameter related to the thickness of the domain, we obtain three uncoupled problems. Each of these problems describes an anisotropic flow, corresponding to a lower-dimensional “Bingham-like” constitutive law. These results are in accordance with the engineering models.