Fomin, S.Shankar, R.Haine, P.Gartrell, A.2015-04-232015-04-232014Fomin, S, Shankar, R, Haine, P, Gartrell, A 2014, 'Non-Newtonian rimming flow: stability analysis', Paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Florida, 14-16 July 2014.97817759206873http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44588Paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Florida, 14-16 July 2014.The rimming flow of a thin polymeric film inside a rotating horizontal cylinder is studied theoretically. The non- Newtonian fluid viscosity is described by the Generalized Newtonian Fluid (GNF) constitutive model. With linear stability analysis, it is found that, analogously to Newtonian fluids, rimming flow of viscous non-Newtonian fluids is neutrally stable.PDF© 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.Rimming flowPolymeric filmRotating horizontal cylinderNon-Newtonian fluidFluid viscosityLinear stability analysisGeneralized Newtonian Fluid constitutive modelPresentation