Date of Award
2008
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Engineering Science
Program
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Supervisor
Prof. Roger E. Khayat
Abstract
The steady-state moderately inertial jet flow of a viscoelastic liquid of the Oldroyd-B type, emerging from a two-dimensional channel, is examined theoretically in this study. Poiseuille flow conditions are assumed to prevail far upstream from the exit. The problem is solved using the method of matched asymptotic expansions. The small parameter involved in the expansions is the inverse Reynolds number. The flow
and stress fields are obtained as composite expansions by matching the flow in the boundary-layer region near the free surface and the flow in the core region. The influence of elasticity on the shape of the free surface, the profiles of velocity and
stress, and the interplay between inertia and elasticity are explored. It is found that even for a jet with moderate inertia, elastic effects play a significant role, especially close to the channel exit near the free surface. It is also found that, similarly to the Newtonian case, the viscoelastic jet contracts downstream from the channel exit. However, in contrast to Newtonian jet, a viscoelastic jet is preceded by a flat region very close to the channel exit where elastic and inertial effects are in balance. The extent of this region increases with elasticity. A momentum integral balance is applied to validate the theory and obtain the jet contraction ratio explicitly in terms of the Deborah number, viscosity ratio and Reynolds number.
Recommended Citation
Saffari, Amir, "FLOW OF VISCOELASTIC JET WITH MODERATE INERTIA NEAR CHANNEL EXIT" (2008). Digitized Theses. 4348.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/4348