International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 30 (2002), Issue 5, Pages 271-282
doi:10.1155/S0161171202109185

Generalized Beltrami flows and other closed-form solutions of an unsteady viscoelastic fluid

F. Labropulu

Luther College-Mathematics, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada

Abstract

We study flows of an unsteady non-Newtonian fluid by assuming the form of the vorticity a priori. The two forms that have been considered are 2ψ=F(t)ψ+G(t), which is known as the generalized Beltrami flow and 2ψ=f(t)ψ+g(t)y.