Viscoelastic fluid flow past a confined cylinder: Three-dimensional effects and stability

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2014

Autores

V. M. Ribeiro (Autor) FEUP; P. M.Coelho (Autor) FEUP; F. T.Pinho (Autor) FEUP; M. A. Alves (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: Chemical Engineering Science

Vol. 111 Nº MAY 24 2014

Páginas: 364-380

ISSN: 0009-2509

Editora: Elsevier

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Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias

Projetos Associados

EXTENSION - EXTENSION – Escoamento extensional de fluidos complexos em microcanais

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ID Authenticus: P-009-B0E

DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.02.033

Abstract (EN): The flow of viscoelastic fluids past a confined cylinder in a rectangular duct was investigated experimentally and numerically in order to assess the three-dimensional effects associated with cylinder aspect ratio (AR) and the fluid rheology. The blockage ratio was 50%, the cylinder aspect ratios were AR¼16, 8 and 2, and the flow conditions tested varied from creeping flow conditions up to the onset of time-dependent flow. Three viscoelastic fluids were tested, namely a shear-thinning and two Boger fluids, and the results were compared against the numerical and experimental data for Newtonian fluids. For the shear-thinning fluid, and in the range of Deborah numbers (De) studied (0.025oDeo0.99), elastic instabilities appear upstream of the cylinder above a critical Deborah number, that depends on the aspect ratio. In contrast, for the Boger fluids the flow remained symmetric both upstream and downstream of the cylinder in the range of Deborah numbers studied (Deo1.3). For all non-Newtonian fluids studied, the streamwise velocity profiles show that the length required to achieve the fully developed velocity downstream of the cylinder increases with De and AR.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 17