In:
Physics of Fluids, AIP Publishing, Vol. 23, No. 3 ( 2011-03-01)
Abstract:
Rinsing flows are common processes where a jet of one liquid impinges upon a layer of a second liquid for the purpose of removing the second liquid. An imaging setup has been developed to obtain both qualitative and quantitative data on the rinsing flow of a jet of water impinging on either layers of Newtonian or elastic fluids. Three classes of test fluids have been investigated: a Newtonian glycerol-water solution, a semidilute aqueous solution of high molecular weight polyacrylamide solution displaying both elasticity and shear thinning, and an elastic but non-shear thinning Boger fluid. The fluids were designed to have approximately equal zero-shear viscosities. For all cases, a circular hydraulic jump occurs and Saffman–Taylor instabilities were observed at the interface between the low viscosity jet and the higher viscosity coating liquids. Results show that the elasticity (extensional viscosity) of the samples influences the pattern of the instabilities and contributes to dampening surface disturbances in the vicinity of the hydraulic jump. Quantitative measurements of liquid layer thicknesses were obtained using a laser triangulation technique. We observed that shear thinning contributes to increasing the velocity of the hydraulic jump circle growth, and the growth profile appears to be linear instead of logarithmic-like as in the Newtonian fluids. Shear thinning characteristics of the samples also contribute to a larger vertical height of the hydraulic jump and an undercutting phenomenon. The elasticity of the fluids contributes to a “recoil” of the hydraulic jump circle, causing the circle, after initial expansion, to shrink in size before expanding again.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1070-6631
,
1089-7666
Language:
English
Publisher:
AIP Publishing
Publication Date:
2011
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1472743-2
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241528-8
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