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Vol. 109 Nº 12

ISSN: 0031-9007

Editora: American Physical Society

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FOS: Ciências exactas e naturais > Física

ID Authenticus: P-002-5EV

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.128301

Abstract (EN): A precision-machined cross-slot flow geometry with a shape that has been optimized by numerical simulation of the fluid kinematics is fabricated and used to measure the extensional viscosity of a dilute polymer solution. Full-field birefringence microscopy is used to monitor the evolution and growth of macromolecular anisotropy along the stagnation point streamline, and we observe the formation of a strong and uniform birefringent strand when the dimensionless flow strength exceeds a critical Weissenberg number Wi(crit) approximate to 0.5. Birefringence and bulk pressure drop measurements provide self-consistent estimates of the planar extensional viscosity of the fluid over a wide range of deformation rates (26 s(-1) <= (epsilon) over dot <= 435 s(-1)) and are also in close agreement with numerical simulations performed by using a finitely extensible nonlinear elastic dumbbell model.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 5