کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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161015 | 457110 | 2005 | 15 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

This paper presents an analysis using computational and scaling methods of pulsatile capillary Poiseuille flow of a model anisotropic viscoelastic discotic liquid crystalline material. The analysis shows that pulsatile pressure drops applied to anisotropic materials can result in flow-rate enhancement or reduction, defined as the relative flow-rate change with respect to the steady-state flow rate, for a given average pressure drop, amplitude, and frequency. It is found that flow-rate modification in pulsatile flow is a direct result of orientation-dependent viscosity. The role of average pressure drop, oscillation amplitude, and frequency on flow enhancement is characterized and explained. The new mechanism of flow-enhancement in liquid crystals subjected to pulsatile pressure is expected to be useful to the fundamental understanding of pulsatile flows of anisotropic suspensions and anisotropic biological fluids.
Journal: Chemical Engineering Science - Volume 60, Issue 23, December 2005, Pages 6622–6636