Authors
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Mostafaiyan, M. ; Wießner, S. ; Heinrich, G.
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Title
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Study of distributive mixing in a journal bearing flow geometry
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Date
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25.02.2022
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Number
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60108
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Abstract
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We implicitly assess the distributive mixing of generalized Newtonian fluids with shear-thinning behavior in a journal bearing flow geometry. For this purpose, we firstly develop a finite element code to calculate the flow field parameters. Our numerical algorithm splits the viscous stress tensor into arbitrary Newtonian stress and a source term, which grows gradually during the iterative solution. Therefore, we get a better converging solution than the Picard method, especially for highly shear-thinning fluids. Secondly, considering two inert fluids in the mixing domain, we employ a Lagrangian-Eulerian approach to predict the shape of the interface between two fluids. The results of our numerical analysis provide us the required information to evaluate three implicit mixing criteria: the concentration variance, the striation thickness, and the mean strain function. Then we conduct a parametric study to investigate the effects of different parameters (geometry and rheology) on the distributive mixing state. In addition, we discuss which mixing criteria provide a better evaluation for distributive mixing.
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Publisher
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International Polymer Processing
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Wikidata
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Citation
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International Polymer Processing 37 (2022) 70-82
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DOI
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https://doi.org/10.1515/IPP-2021-4145
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