Unsteady Wall Shear Stress in Transient Flow Using Electrochemical Method

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Zidouh ◽  
L. Labraga ◽  
M. William-Louis
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Wall Shear Stress ◽  
Electrochemical Method ◽  
Transient Flow ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Electrochemical Technique ◽  
Transient Flows ◽  
Acceleration Model ◽  
Wall Shear

Experimental measurements of the wall shear stress combined with those of the velocity profiles via the electrochemical technique and ultrasonic pulsed Doppler velocimetry are used to analyze the flow behavior in transient flows caused by a downstream short pipe valve closure. The Reynolds number of the steady flow based on the pipe diameter is Re=148,600. The results show that the quasisteady approach of representing unsteady friction is valid during the initial phase for relatively large decelerations. For higher decelerations, the unsteady wall shear stress is consistently higher than the quasisteady values obtained from the velocity profiles. Attention has been focused on the friction acceleration model. The results obtained from this study show the ability of the electrochemical method in determining the local unsteady wall shear stress even in severe decelerating transient flows.

WALL SLIPPAGE IN HIGH-PRESSURE CAPILLARY VISCOMETRY: EFFECTS OF MOLECULAR WEIGHT, COMPOUND COMPOSITION, AND CAPILLARY SURFACE COATING

2019 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 186-197
Author(s):  
Katja Putzig ◽  
E. Haberstroh ◽  
B. Klie ◽  
U. Giese
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Shear Stress ◽  
Wall Shear Stress ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Polymer Melt ◽  
Capillary Viscometer ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Rubber Compounds ◽  
Wall Shear ◽  
Wall Slippage

ABSTRACT Flow behavior is of major importance in the extrusion processing of rubber compounds. It is evaluated by means of a series of tests on a high-pressure capillary viscometer (HCV). Adhesion between the polymer melt and the capillary wall is assumed in all current calculation models, although such adhesion does not always pertain to the case of rubber compounds. To date, no uniform model discussed in the literature on the topic extensively describes the wall slippage behavior of rubber compounds. The phenomenon of wall slippage is analyzed by determining the power-law parameters n (flow exponent) and K (consistency factor) from the flow curve in the subcritical flow range. This makes it possible to explicitly calculate first the slip velocity and then the slippage ratio relative to the total volume flow as a function of the given shear rate and temperature. The work is based on the testing of EPDM raw polymers of different molecular weights in the HCV. In addition, EPDM compounds containing either a carbon black or a softener were analyzed with regard to their flow behavior. The rheological analysis was carried out on three variously coated flow channels. It was observed that with attainment of a critical wall shear stress, the wall slippage effect becomes more pronounced; thus, occurrences of flow anomalies such as slip-stick or shark-skin significantly influence processing and flow behavior. Wall slippage effects are noticeable, however, even before the critical wall shear stress is attained.

scholarly journals Biorheological Model on Flow of Herschel-Bulkley Fluid through a Tapered Arterial Stenosis with Dilatation

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Priyadharshini ◽  
R. Ponalagusamy
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Wall Shear Stress ◽  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Flow Resistance ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Arterial Stenosis ◽  
Axial Distance ◽  
Tapered Artery ◽  
Wall Shear

An analysis of blood flow through a tapered artery with stenosis and dilatation has been carried out where the blood is treated as incompressible Herschel-Bulkley fluid. A comparison between numerical values and analytical values of pressure gradient at the midpoint of stenotic region shows that the analytical expression for pressure gradient works well for the values of yield stress till 2.4. The wall shear stress and flow resistance increase significantly with axial distance and the increase is more in the case of converging tapered artery. A comparison study of velocity profiles, wall shear stress, and flow resistance for Newtonian, power law, Bingham-plastic, and Herschel-Bulkley fluids shows that the variation is greater for Herschel-Bulkley fluid than the other fluids. The obtained velocity profiles have been compared with the experimental data and it is observed that blood behaves like a Herschel-Bulkley fluid rather than power law, Bingham, and Newtonian fluids. It is observed that, in the case of a tapered stenosed tube, the streamline pattern follows a convex pattern when we move fromr/R=0tor/R=1and it follows a concave pattern when we move fromr/R=0tor/R=-1. Further, it is of opposite behaviour in the case of a tapered dilatation tube which forms new information that is, for the first time, added to the literature.

Non-Newtonian Flow Behavior in Microchannels for Emulsion Formation

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravi Arora ◽  
Eric Daymo ◽  
Anna Lee Tonkovich ◽  
Laura Silva ◽  
Rick Stevenson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Wall Shear Stress ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
High Wall Shear Stress ◽  
Shear Rates ◽  
Wall Shear ◽  
Low Shear

Emulsion formation within microchannels enables smaller mean droplet sizes for new commercial applications such as personal care, medical, and food products among others. When operated at a high flow rate per channel, the resulting emulsion mixture creates a high wall shear stress along the walls of the narrow microchannel. This high fluid-wall shear stress of continuous phase material past a dispersed phase, introduced through a permeable wall, enables the formation of small emulsion droplets — one drop at a time. A challenge to the scale-up of this technology has been to understand the behavior of non-Newtonian fluids under high wall shear stress. A further complication has been the change in fluid properties with composition along the length of the microchannel as the emulsion is formed. Many of the predictive models for non-Newtonian emulsion fluids were derived at low shear rates and have shown excellent agreement between predictions and experiments. The power law relationship for non-Newtonian emulsions obtained at low shear rates breaks down under the high shear environment created by high throughputs in small microchannels. The small dimensions create higher velocity gradients at the wall, resulting in larger apparent viscosity. Extrapolation of the power law obtained in low shear environment may lead to under-predictions of pressure drop in microchannels. This work describes the results of a shear-thinning fluid that generates larger pressure drop in a high-wall shear stress microchannel environment than predicted from traditional correlations.

Two-Phase Flow in an Annular Channel With an Obstacle

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. N. Kashinsky ◽  
P. D. Lobanov ◽  
A. S. Kurdyumov ◽  
N. A. Pribaturin
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Wall Shear Stress ◽  
Void Fraction ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Annular Channel ◽  
Electrochemical Technique ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Wall Shear

Experimental study of gas-liquid two-phase flow in an annular channel is performed. The channel consisted of two coaxial tubes with the diameters of 42 and 20 mm. An obstacle covering a quarter of the channel section was placed in the channel to produce a strong three-dimensional disturbance of the flow. Gas-liquid flow was produced by injecting air bubbles at the channel entrance through a special mixer. Measurements of local wall shear stress are performed using an electrochemical technique. Measurements of time-averaged and fluctuational wall shear stress are performed at various points relative to the obstacle, this allowed to study the field of the hydrodynamic parameters of the flow. Local void fraction is measured using a conductivity probe which traversed across the channel. The distribution of local void fraction in the region downstream the obstacle is obtained. Increased values of local void fraction in the region close to the obstacle are detected. The experimental data obtained can be used for validation of existing and developing computer codes accounting for a 3-D structure of two-phase flows.

Time-dependent rheological behavior of blood at low shear in narrow vertical tubes

1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (2) ◽  
pp. H553-H561 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Alonso ◽  
A. R. Pries ◽  
P. Gaehtgens
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Wall Shear Stress ◽  
Shear Flow ◽  
Apparent Viscosity ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Wall Shear ◽  
Vertical Tubes ◽  
Low Shear

The time-dependent flow behavior of normal human blood after a sudden reduction of wall shear stress from 5,000 mPa to a low level (2-100 mPa) was studied during perfusion of vertical tubes (internal diam 28-101 microns) at constant driving pressures. Immediately after the implementation of low-shear flow conditions the concentration of red blood cells (RBCs) near the tube wall started to decrease, and marginal plasma spaces developed as a result of the assembly of RBC aggregates. This was associated with a time-dependent increase of flow velocity by up to 200% within 300 s, reflecting a reduction of apparent viscosity. These time-dependent changes of flow behavior increased strongly with decreasing wall shear stress and with increasing tube diameter. A correlation between the width of the marginal plasma layer and relative apparent viscosity was obtained for every condition of tube diameter, wall shear stress, and time. Time-dependent changes of blood rheological properties could be relevant in the circulation, where the blood is exposed to rapid and repeated transitions from high-shear flow conditions in the arterial and capillary system to low-shear conditions in the venous system.

WALL SLIP EFFECTS MEASURING THE RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL (ER) SUSPENSIONS

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (01) ◽  
pp. 1250006 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEFFEN SCHNEIDER
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Wall Shear Stress ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Wall Slip ◽  
Hydraulic Test ◽  
Slip Effects ◽  
Measured Flow ◽  
Wall Shear ◽  
Er Fluids ◽  
Electrorheological Suspensions

In this work, a new method to determine the wall shear stress was developed step by step. To determine the wall shear stress, methods of the suspension rheology are being used for the first time to characterize ER fluids. This work focuses on investigations of the flow behavior of electrorheological suspensions in flow channels with different geometries at different electrical field strengths. Careful interpretation of the results with respect to different gap geometries has shown that the measured flow curves should undergo a combination of corrections. As a result it can be shown that wall slip effects can be measured under application like conditions on a hydraulic test bench.

Numerical Simulation of Blood Flow Through Stenosed Vessel

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimie Onogi ◽  
Kazuhiro Kohge ◽  
Kiyoshi Minemura
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Blood Flow ◽  
Shear Stress ◽  
Wall Shear Stress ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Pressure Change ◽  
Sinusoidal Waveform ◽  
Stenosed Vessel ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Wall Shear

This article illustrates numerical results on pulsating blood flow through moderately stenosed blood vessel. Two kinds of waveform, that is, a purely sinusoidal waveform and a non-sinusoidal one just like human blood flow are calculated for two cases of heart rate as 60 and 160 (1/s), and resultant flow behavior such as flow velocities, secondary flow, wall shear stress and pressure change are discussed. The abrupt changes in the pressure and wall shear stress occur on the throat of the stenosis, suggesting that this part is easily damaged by the effects when the heart rate is increased.

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