Steady flows of Cosserat–Bingham fluids

Abstract

The equations describing the steady flow of Cosserat–Bingham fluids are considered, and existence of weak solution is proved for the three‐dimensional boundary‐value problem with the use of the Lipschitz truncation argument. In contrast to the classical Bingham fluid, the micropolar Bingham fluid supports local micro‐rotations and two types of plug zones. Our approach is based on an approximation of the constitutive relation by a generalized Newtonian constitutive relation and a subsequent limiting process. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.