scholarly journals Numerical study of the square-root conformation tensor formulation for confined and free-surface viscoelastic fluid flows

Author(s):  
Irineu L. Palhares Junior ◽  
Cassio M. Oishi ◽  
Alexandre M. Afonso ◽  
Manuel A. Alves ◽  
Fernando T. Pinho
2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-176
Author(s):  
Kirill Nikitin ◽  
Yuri Vassilevski ◽  
Ruslan Yanbarisov

Abstract This work presents a new approach to modelling of free surface non-Newtonian (viscoplastic or viscoelastic) fluid flows on dynamically adapted octree grids. The numerical model is based on the implicit formulation and the staggered location of governing variables. We verify our model by comparing simulations with experimental and numerical results known from the literature.


2015 ◽  
Vol 302 ◽  
pp. 653-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.P. Martins ◽  
C.M. Oishi ◽  
A.M. Afonso ◽  
M.A. Alves

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (03) ◽  
pp. 186-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre C. Sames ◽  
Delphine Marcouly ◽  
Thomas E. Schellin

To validate an existing finite volume computational method, featuring a novel scheme to capture the temporal evolution of the free surface, fluid motions in partially filled tanks were simulated. The purpose was to compare computational and experimental results for test cases where measurements were available. Investigations comprised sloshing in a rectangular tank with a baffle at 60% filling level and in a cylindrical tank at 50% filling level. The numerical study started with examining effects of systematic grid refinement and concluded with examining effects of three-dimensionality and effects of variation of excitation period and amplitude. Predicted time traces of pressures and forces compared favorably with measurements.


Processes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Yunfeng Cui ◽  
Weihua Cai ◽  
Zhengwei Wu ◽  
Yongyao Li ◽  
...  

Fluid mixing plays an essential role in microscale flow systems. Here, we propose an active mixing approach which enhances the mixing of viscoelastic fluid flow in a simplified pore T-junction structure. Mixing is actively controlled by modulating the driving pressure with a sinusoidal signal at the two inlets of the T-junction. The mixing effect is numerically investigated for both Newtonian and viscoelastic fluid flows under different pressure modulation conditions. The result shows that a degree of mixing as high as 0.9 is achieved in viscoelastic fluid flows through the T-junction mixer when the phase difference between the modulated pressures at the two inlets is 180°. This modulation method can also be used in other fluid mixing devices.


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