“…In the past several authors have given some theoretical consideration to the converging flow of viscoelastic fluids using nonlinear viseoelastic models; namely, Kaloni (2,3) using the Oldroyd fluid mode1, Schümmer (4,5) using a fourth order fluid model, and Wissler (6) using a nonlinear Maxwell modeL In their attempts these authors employed the perturbation technique, and they all concluded that the inclusion of secondorder perturbation terms (which bring in non-Newtonian effects) predicts velo¢ity profiles with super-130 imposed secondary circulation patterns. It should be pointed out, however, that there are only a few pieces of experimental evidence which appear to support the theoretically predicted secondary circulation patterns of viscoelastic fluids flowing through a converging duct.…”