Dynamics of short fiber suspensions in bounded shear flow |
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Authors: | C Jayageeth Vivek Inder Sharma Anugrah Singh |
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Institution: | Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India |
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Abstract: | We have studied the dynamics of non-colloidal short fiber suspensions in bounded shear flow using the Stokesian dynamics simulation. Such particles make up the microstructure of many suspensions for which the macroscopic dynamics are not well understood. The effect of wall on the fiber dynamics is the main focus of this work. For a single fiber undergoing simple shear flow between plane parallel walls the period of rotation was compared with the Jeffrey’s orbit. A fiber placed close to the wall shows significant deviation from Jeffrey’s orbit. The fiber moving near a solid wall in bounded shear flow follows a pole-vaulting motion, and its centroid location from the wall is also periodic. Simulations were also carried out to study the effect of fiber–fiber interactions on the viscosity of concentrated suspensions. |
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Keywords: | Fiber suspension Stokesian dynamics simulation Bounded flow Fiber orientation |
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