Instabilities in the oscillatory flow of a complex fluid.
The dynamics of a fluid in a vertical tube, subjected to an oscillatory pressure gradient, is studied experimentally for both a Newtonian and a viscoelastic shear-thinning fluid. Particle image velocimetry is used to determine the two-dimensional velocity fields in the vertical plane of the tube axi...
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| author | Torralba, M Castrejón-Pita, A Hernández, G Huelsz, G del Río, J Ortín, J |
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| description | The dynamics of a fluid in a vertical tube, subjected to an oscillatory pressure gradient, is studied experimentally for both a Newtonian and a viscoelastic shear-thinning fluid. Particle image velocimetry is used to determine the two-dimensional velocity fields in the vertical plane of the tube axis, in a range of driving amplitudes from 0.8 to 2.5 mm and of driving frequencies from 2.0 to 11.5 Hz. The Newtonian fluid exhibits a laminar flow regime, independent of the axial position, in the whole range of drivings. For the complex fluid, instead, the parallel shear flow regime exhibited at low amplitudes [Torralba, Phys. Rev. E 72, 016308 (2005)] becomes unstable at higher drivings against the formation of symmetric vortices, equally spaced along the tube. At even higher drivings the vortex structure itself becomes unstable, and complex nonsymmetric structures develop. Given that inertial effects remain negligible even at the hardest drivings (Re < 10(-1)), it is the complex rheology of the fluid that is responsible for the instabilities observed. The system studied represents an interesting example of the development of shear-induced instabilities in nonlinear complex fluids in purely parallel shear flow. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:77f0f5b5-fb6a-4535-8629-5ed93a28896a2022-03-26T20:27:34ZInstabilities in the oscillatory flow of a complex fluid.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:77f0f5b5-fb6a-4535-8629-5ed93a28896aEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Torralba, MCastrejón-Pita, AHernández, GHuelsz, Gdel Río, JOrtín, JThe dynamics of a fluid in a vertical tube, subjected to an oscillatory pressure gradient, is studied experimentally for both a Newtonian and a viscoelastic shear-thinning fluid. Particle image velocimetry is used to determine the two-dimensional velocity fields in the vertical plane of the tube axis, in a range of driving amplitudes from 0.8 to 2.5 mm and of driving frequencies from 2.0 to 11.5 Hz. The Newtonian fluid exhibits a laminar flow regime, independent of the axial position, in the whole range of drivings. For the complex fluid, instead, the parallel shear flow regime exhibited at low amplitudes [Torralba, Phys. Rev. E 72, 016308 (2005)] becomes unstable at higher drivings against the formation of symmetric vortices, equally spaced along the tube. At even higher drivings the vortex structure itself becomes unstable, and complex nonsymmetric structures develop. Given that inertial effects remain negligible even at the hardest drivings (Re < 10(-1)), it is the complex rheology of the fluid that is responsible for the instabilities observed. The system studied represents an interesting example of the development of shear-induced instabilities in nonlinear complex fluids in purely parallel shear flow. |
| spellingShingle | Torralba, M Castrejón-Pita, A Hernández, G Huelsz, G del Río, J Ortín, J Instabilities in the oscillatory flow of a complex fluid. |
| title | Instabilities in the oscillatory flow of a complex fluid. |
| title_full | Instabilities in the oscillatory flow of a complex fluid. |
| title_fullStr | Instabilities in the oscillatory flow of a complex fluid. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Instabilities in the oscillatory flow of a complex fluid. |
| title_short | Instabilities in the oscillatory flow of a complex fluid. |
| title_sort | instabilities in the oscillatory flow of a complex fluid |
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