Viscous dissipation influencing viscosity of polymer melt in micro channels

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 1417-1423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Xu ◽  
Minjie Wang ◽  
Tongmin Yu ◽  
Danyang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Viscous Dissipation ◽  
Polymer Melt ◽  
Micro Channels

Viscous Dissipation of Polymer Melt in Micro Channels and Macro Channels

2014 ◽  
Vol 609-610 ◽  
pp. 521-525
Author(s):  
Bin Xu ◽  
Xiao Yu An ◽  
Liang Chao Li ◽  
Guang Ming Li
Keyword(s):  
Shear Rate ◽  
Viscous Dissipation ◽  
Unit Length ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Polymer Melt ◽  
Characteristic Size ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Micro Channels ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
The Difference

Viscous dissipation is the key factor impacting flowing characteristics of polymer melt. In order to study the difference between micro scale and macro scale, experimental studies of viscous dissipation at various shear rate were investigated with several polymers, including PMMA and HDPE, at different temperature when melts flow through 1000μm,500μm,350μm diameter channels of identical aspects ratio in the paper. The results indicate that the temperature rises caused by viscous dissipation increase with increasing shear rate and the temperature rise for some shear rate decreases with increasing melts temperature. The temperature rises decrease significantly with the reduction of the characteristic size of micro channel at the same shear rate. However, the average temperature rises per unit length increase when the character size of channel decreases. This indicates the shear friction gradually increases with the decrease of channel characteristic size. Therefore polymer melt viscous dissipation effects of micro scale dimensions are different from that of macro-scale dimensions.

Experimental Study on Viscous Dissipaition of Polymer Melt in Micro-Channels

2010 ◽  
Vol 97-101 ◽  
pp. 2527-2532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong Min Yu ◽  
Hai Xin Bei ◽  
Ze Yu Yan ◽  
Bin Xu ◽  
Hua Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Rate ◽  
Viscous Dissipation ◽  
Amorphous Polymer ◽  
Polymer Melt ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Micro Channel ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Micro Channels ◽  
Macro Scale

The polymer melts viscous dissipation effects of micro scale dimensions are different from that of macro-scale dimensions. In this paper, the temperature rises due to viscous dissipation were investigated when amorphous polymer material, PMMA, flows through several micro-channels with the diameters of 350μm, 500μm and different aspect ratios. The results indicate that, temperature rises reduce with the increase of inlet temperature of melt and increase with increasing channel’s diameter and aspect ratio at the same shear rate. The outlet temperature rises due to viscous dissipation in all micro channels increase with the increase of shear rate. In addition, the outlet temperature rise grows faster with the decrease of micro-channel’s diameter. Therefore, viscous dissipation effect is significant and should not be neglected in micro channel.

A numerical study of solidification and viscous dissipation effects on polymer melt flow in plane channels

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-110
Author(s):  
Mustafa Tutar ◽  
Ali Karakus
Keyword(s):  
Shear Rate ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Viscous Dissipation ◽  
Polymer Melt ◽  
Viscous Heating ◽  
Transient Phase ◽  
Melt Flow ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Temperature Dependent Viscosity ◽  
Dependent Viscosity

Abstract The combined effects of solidification and viscous dissipation on the hydrodynamic and thermal behavior of polymer melt flow during the injection process in a straight plane channel of constant cross section are numerically studied by considering the shear-rate and temperature-dependent viscosity and transient-phase change behavior. A numerical finite volume method, in conjunction with a modified form of the Cross constitutive equation to account for shear rate, temperature-dependent viscosity changes and a slightly modified form of the method proposed by Voller and Prakash to account for solidification of the liquid phase, is used and a validation with an analytical solution is presented for viscous heating effects. The hydrodynamic and solidified layers growth under the influence of a transient phase-change process and viscous dissipation, are analyzed for a commercial polymer melt flow, polypropylene (PP) for different parametric conditions namely, inflow velocity, polymer injection (inflow) temperature, the channel wall temperature, and the channel height. The results demonstrate that the proposed numerical formulations, including conjugate effects of viscous heating and transient-solidification on the present thermal transport process, can provide an accurate and realistic representation of polymer melt flow behavior during the injection molding process in plane channels with less simplifying assumptions.

Experimental Research on the Viscosity of Polymer Melts Filling through Micro Channels

2011 ◽  
Vol 314-316 ◽  
pp. 1346-1349
Author(s):  
Bin Xu ◽  
Yu Bin Lu ◽  
Guang Ming Li ◽  
Song Xue
Keyword(s):  
Shear Rate ◽  
Flow Model ◽  
Capillary Flow ◽  
Polymer Melt ◽  
Characteristic Size ◽  
Micro Channel ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Micro Channels ◽  
Rate Test ◽  
The Difference

Experimental observations indicate that the viscosity of polymer melt flowing through micro channel is altered with variation of characteristic size of micro channels. The explanation about the trend of various viscosity is inconsistent. In this paper, the micro channel dies of 1000μm ,500μm and 350μm diameter were developed and with several polymers, including PP , PS and HDPE, depending on the capillary flow model, the measurement experiments of polymer melt viscosity were investigated at various shear rate. Test results show that with micro-channel size decrease, the percentage reduction in viscosity increases and the difference of viscosities in different micro channels reduces with increasing shear rate.

Energy Equation of Gas Flow With Low Velocity in a Micro-Channel

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutaka Asako
Keyword(s):  
Viscous Dissipation ◽  
Incompressible Flow ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Energy Equation ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Dissipation Term ◽  
Pressure Term ◽  
Micro Channels

The energy equation for incompressible flow with the viscous dissipation term is often used for the governing equations of gas flow with low velocity in micro-channels. However, the results which are obtained by solving these equations do not satisfy the first law of the thermodynamics. In the case of ideal gas with low velocity, the inlet and the outlet temperatures of an adiabatic channel are the same based on the first law of the thermodynamics. However, the outlet temperature which is obtained by solving the energy equation for incompressible flow with the viscous dissipation term is higher than the inlet gas temperature, since the viscous dissipation term takes positive value. This inconsistency arose from wrong choice of the relation between the enthalpy and temperature that resulted in neglecting the substantial derivative of pressure term in the energy equation. In this paper the correct energy equation which includes the substantial derivative of pressure term is proposed. Some samples of physically consistent results which are obtained by solving the proposed energy equation are demonstrated.

Effects of Polymer Morphology on the Rheological Behavior of Melt Within Micro-Channels

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shia-Chung Chen ◽  
Rean-Der Chien ◽  
Song-Wei Huang ◽  
Chun-Sheng Chen
Keyword(s):  
Rheological Behavior ◽  
Polymer Melt ◽  
Degree Of Crystallinity ◽  
Micro Channel ◽  
Melt Temperature ◽  
Channel Size ◽  
High Crystallinity ◽  
Micro Channels ◽  
Micro Molding ◽  
Low Crystallinity

Micro molding has shown great commercial potential in recent years and determination of the rheological behavior of the polymer melt within micro structured geometry is vital for accurate simulation modeling of micro molding. The lack of commercial equipment is one of main hurdles in the investigation of micro melt rheology. In this study, a melt viscosity measurement system for low and high density polyethylene polymer melt flowing through micro-channels was established using a micro channel mold operated at a mold temperature as high as the melt temperature. For measured pressure drop and volumetric flow rate, capillary flow model was used for the calculation of viscosity utilizing Rabinowitsch correction. The calculated results of low crystallinity LDPE resin were also compared with those of high crystallinity HDPE resin to discuss the effect of degree of crystallinity on the viscosity characteristics of polymer within micro-channels. It was found that the measured LDPE and HDPE viscosity values in the test ranges are significantly lower (about 40∼56% and 22∼29% for LDPE and HDPE, respectively, flowing through a channel size of 150μm) than those obtained with a traditional capillary rheometer. Meanwhile, the percentage reduction in the viscosity value and the ratio of slip velocity relative to mean velocity all increase with decreasing micro-channel size. In the present study we emphasize that the rheological behavior of the high crystallinity HDPE and low crystallinity LDPE resins in microscopic scale are all different from that of macroscopic scale but HDPE displays a less significant lower. The reason can be attributed to for LDPE resin within the micro-channel can create the higher extra bonding force between the bulk chains than HDPE resin. Thus, it will have the lower adhesive force between the bulk chains with the micro-channel wall, resulting in higher degree of wall slip.

Simulation of mold deformation and pattern interaction in nanoimprint lithography

2014 ◽  
Vol 1626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Cleveland ◽  
Hongwei Sun
Keyword(s):  
Nanoimprint Lithography ◽  
Polymer Melt ◽  
Structure Interaction ◽  
Technology Process ◽  
Micro Channels ◽  
Mold Deformation ◽  
Soft Mold ◽  
Nanoscale Features ◽  
Very High ◽  
Biological Particle

AbstractAs an emerging manufacturing technique, nanoimprint lithography (NIL) can fabricate micro and nanoscale features of microfluidic devices at very high accuracy and reliability. In high-temperature TNIL process, a polymer melt such as polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA) is heated beyond the melting temperature so that it behaves predominantly as a fluid during the imprint process. The process parameters such as pressure, temperature, and material properties play critical roles in the NIL process. In this work, the process of thermal nanoimprint lithography (TNIL) is studied computationally with emphasis on the effect of soft-mold deformation on polymer melt flow and finished result by-way-of fluid-structure interaction (FSI) technology. Process is assumed isothermal at 180 °C. Applications of this modeling technique range from micro- and nano-patterns used in micro-channels for biomedical devices to other applications such as biological/particle sensors or super-hydrophobic surfaces. The simulation result is compared to experimental results, and traits observed in TNIL done with soft mold are supported and explained through numerical results.

A study of novel viscous dissipation measurement for polymer melts in microchannels

2010 ◽  
Vol 224 (9) ◽  
pp. 2027-2035 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Xu ◽  
M Wang ◽  
T Yu ◽  
D Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Viscous Dissipation ◽  
High Density Polyethylene ◽  
Polymer Melts ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Rheological Behaviour ◽  
Polymer Melt ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Different Temperatures

Studies on the rheological behaviour of polymer melts, flowing through microchannels, are complicated because a large number of factors affect the melt viscosity. One such factor, viscous dissipation, is investigated in the current work through a novel experimental technique that is used in determining the viscous dissipation of a polymer melt flowing through microchannels. Relative tests are conducted using melts of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) extruded through several capillary dies at different temperatures. Experimental results indicate that the temperature rises due to viscous dissipation increase with increasing shear rate. In addition, simulations considering viscous dissipation are carried out. The comparison of the experimental results with those predicted from the simulations at different melt temperatures indicates that the maximum temperature rise deviation is about 15 per cent. Therefore, the measurement method of viscous dissipation is available, which is helpful to better understand the flow characteristics of microchannels.

Viscous dissipation in micro-channels

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 2244-2249 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Han ◽  
Kyu-Jung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Viscous Dissipation ◽  
Micro Channels
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