Abstract
This paper is concerned with steady, fully developed motion of a Navier--Stokes fluid with shear-dependent viscosity in a curved pipe under a given axial pressure gradient. We establish existence and uniqueness results, derive appropriate estimates, and prove a characterization of the secondary flows. The approximation, with respect to the curvature ratio, of the full governing systems by some Dean-like equation is studied.

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