Confined viscoplastic flows with heterogeneous wall slip |
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Authors: | Pandelitsa?Panaseti Anne-Laure?Vayssade Email author" target="_blank">Georgios?C?GeorgiouEmail author Michel?Cloitre |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Mathematics and Statistics,University of Cyprus,Nicosia,Cyprus;2.MMN, Laboratoire Gulliver, CNRS, ESPCI Paris,PSL Research University,Paris,France;3.Soft Matter and Chemistry, CNRS, ESPCI Paris,PSL Research University,Paris,France |
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Abstract: | The steady, pressure-driven flow of a Herschel-Bulkley fluid in a microchannel is considered, assuming that different power-law slip equations apply at the two walls due to slip heterogeneities, allowing the velocity profile to be asymmetric. Three different flow regimes are observed as the pressure gradient is increased. Below a first critical pressure gradient G 1, the fluid moves unyielded with a uniform velocity, and thus, the two slip velocities are equal. In an intermediate regime between G 1 and a second critical pressure gradient G 2, the fluid yields in a zone near the weak-slip wall and flows with uniform velocity near the stronger-slip wall. Beyond this regime, the fluid yields near both walls and the velocity are uniform only in the central unyielded core. It is demonstrated that the central unyielded region tends towards the midplane only if the power-law exponent is less than unity; otherwise, this region rends towards the weak-slip wall and asymmetry is enhanced. The extension of the different flow regimes depends on the channel gap; in particular, the intermediate asymmetric flow regime dominates when the gap becomes smaller than a characteristic length which incorporates the wall slip coefficients and the fluid properties. The theoretical results compare well with available experimental data on soft glassy suspensions. These results open new routes in manipulating the flow of viscoplastic materials in applications where the flow behavior depends not only on the bulk rheology of the material but also on the wall properties. |
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