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Dynamics of high-Deborah-number entry flows: a numerical study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2011

A. M. AFONSO ,
P. J. OLIVEIRA ,
F. T. PINHO  and
M. A. ALVES
A. M. AFONSO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Engenharia Química, Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Doutor Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
P. J. OLIVEIRA
Affiliation:
Departamento de Engenharia Electromecânica, Unidade de Materiais Texteis e Papeleiros, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
F. T. PINHO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Doutor Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
M. A. ALVES*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Engenharia Química, Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Doutor Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
*
†Email address for correspondence: mmalves@fe.up.pt
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Abstract

High-elasticity simulations of flows through a two-dimensional (2D) 4 : 1 abrupt contraction and a 4 : 1 three-dimensional square–square abrupt contraction were performed with a finite-volume method implementing the log-conformation formulation, proposed by Fattal & Kupferman (J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., vol. 123, 2004, p. 281) to alleviate the high-Weissenberg-number problem. For the 2D simulations of Boger fluids, modelled by the Oldroyd-B constitutive equation, local flow unsteadiness appears at a relatively low Deborah number (De) of 2.5. Predictions at higher De were possible only with the log-conformation technique and showed that the periodic unsteadiness grows with De leading to an asymmetric flow with alternate back-shedding of vorticity from pulsating upstream recirculating eddies. This is accompanied by a frequency doubling mechanism deteriorating to a chaotic regime at high De. The log-conformation technique provides solutions of accuracy similar to the thoroughly tested standard finite-volume method under steady flow conditions and the onset of a time-dependent solution occurred approximately at the same Deborah number for both formulations. Nevertheless, for Deborah numbers higher than the critical Deborah number, and for which the standard iterative technique diverges, the log-conformation technique continues to provide stable solutions up to quite (impressively) high Deborah numbers, demonstrating its advantages relative to the standard methodology. For the 3D contraction, calculations were restricted to steady flows of Oldroyd-B and Phan-Thien–Tanner (PTT) fluids and very high De were attained (De ≈ 20 for PTT with ϵ = 0.02 and De ≈ 10000 for PTT with ϵ = 0.25), with prediction of strong vortex enhancement. For the Boger fluid calculations, there was inversion of the secondary flow at high De, as observed experimentally by Sousa et al. (J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., vol. 160, 2009, p. 122).

JFM classification

Complex Fluids: Complex Fluids Low-Reynolds-number flows: Low-Reynolds-number flows Non-Newtonian Flows: Viscoelasticity
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 677 , 25 June 2011 , pp. 272 - 304
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Flow in a 4:1 planar contraction: De = 5 – Vortex merging and growth

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Flow in a 4:1 planar contraction: De = 15 – Onset of third vortex

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Flow in a 4:1 planar contraction: De = 20 – Third vortex growth and vortex back-shedding

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