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A relation between the pressure gradient and the flux for the general channel flow problem

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In this paper we establish that the pressure gradient and the flux, for a linear stationary Stokes problem for general periodic two-dimensional channels, are related by a simple formula, the same as that for laminar Poiseuille flows.

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Goubet, O. A relation between the pressure gradient and the flux for the general channel flow problem. Appl Math Optim 34, 361–365 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01182630

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