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Laminar power-law fluid flow development in a straight channel is obtained by studying a hydrodynamically equivalent model of an appropriate Newtonian fluid.
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Gupta, R.C. Laminar two-dimensional entrance region flow of power-law fluids II. Acta Mechanica 84, 209–215 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01176099
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