Analysis of fluid flow states in viscometers in ansys software

Abstract

Viscometers have multiple major applications in various areas of engineering, as the fluid flow is inherently connected to the properties of fluid viscosity. This paper substantively examines the fluid flow state over a capillary viscometer to examine the stability of such flow under the effects of various geometries (variations in tube length and cylinder base shape) of capillary viscometer, using a simulation model improved by means of the application of finite element software in Ansys 16 to depict the flow in the capillary viscometer. In this work, experimental measures were utilised and implemented to evaluate various fluid properties and to observe the effects of the geometrical shapes of the viscometer on the flow properties (pressure, velocity, and temperature) and the effect of fluid type on the vortex and fluid circulation during flow.