The Effect of Channel Curvature on the Flow Rate and Viscous Dissipation of Power-Law Fluids
Sprache des Vortragstitels:
Englisch
Original Tagungtitel:
ANTEC Orlando 2018
Sprache des Tagungstitel:
Englisch
Original Kurzfassung:
When modeling the melt-conveying zone of single-screw extruders, generally the flat-plate model is applied. Using a cylindrical reference frame, we investigated the effect of channel curvature on flow rate and viscous dissipation, considering a two-dimensional, fully developed, isothermal flow of a power-law fluid. Re-writing the flow equations and applying the theory of similarity revealed the existence of four independent influencing parameters: ?_(p,z), n, t?D_b , and h?D_b . Based on these, we carried out a comprehensive parametric study investigating flow rate and viscous dissipation. Our results show that the channel-height-to-diameter ratio has a significant influence on both flow rate and viscous dissipation.
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