Milli-PIV rheology of shear-thinning fluids

► The Milli-PIV allows to study the velocity field of fluids in confined geometry. ► The Milli-PIV results are in agreement with those obtained from rheology. ► The Milli-PIV results allows to determine the constitutive parameters by inverse method. ► The pressure-gradient can be measured by Milli-P...

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Published in:Journal of non-Newtonian fluid mechanics 2012-02, Vol.169, p.114-120
Main Authors: Chinaud, M., Delaunay, T., Cazin, S., Cid, E., Tordjeman, Ph
Format: Article
Language:English
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Computational fluid dynamics
Engineering Sciences
Fluid flow
Fluid mechanics
Fluids
Fluids mechanics
Hele-Shaw cell
Inverse method
Mathematical models
Mechanics
Milli-PIV
Physics
Rheology
Shear thinning fluids
Velocity distribution
Velocity profile
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Summary:► The Milli-PIV allows to study the velocity field of fluids in confined geometry. ► The Milli-PIV results are in agreement with those obtained from rheology. ► The Milli-PIV results allows to determine the constitutive parameters by inverse method. ► The pressure-gradient can be measured by Milli-PIV. Milli-Particle Image Velocimetry (Milli-PIV), which is an application of the standard PIV has been developed to measure the velocity distribution of complex fluids in a millimetric Hele-Shaw cell. A laser sheet is sent perpendicularly to the cell and the camera observes the PIV images via an internal optical prism. We studied, with Milli-PIV, a structural series of shear thinning xanthan fluids at different injection rates. We determined the velocity profiles in the thickness of the flow cell and discussed the accuracy of measurement. Using an inverse method, we calculated the constitutive parameters and showed that they are similar to those measured by rheology. The pressure gradient characteristic of the couple experimental conditions – fluid were also calculated from modeling the velocity profile.
ISSN:0377-0257
1873-2631
DOI:10.1016/j.jnnfm.2011.12.003