2009
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.094501
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Transition to Mixing and Oscillations in a Stokesian Viscoelastic Flow

Abstract: In seeking to understand experiments on low-Reynolds-number mixing and flow transitions in viscoelastic fluids, we simulate the dynamics of the Oldroyd-B model, with a simple background force driving the flow. We find that at small Weissenberg number, flows are "slaved" to the extensional geometry imposed by forcing. For large Weissenberg number, such solutions become unstable and transit to a structurally dissimilar state dominated by a single large vortex. This new state can show persistent oscillatory behav… Show more

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“…The result of the transversely narrow and sharply peaked stress distribution is a dip in the velocity whose magnitude is independent of the stress diffusion. Such a dip in the velocity field has been observed experi-mentally [23,24] and provides a possible mechanism for the instabilities seen in numerical simulations [6,7,8,9,10,11]. Simply stated, the instability mechanism is due to the fact that at extensional points in the flow the vorticity is low.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 63%
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“…The result of the transversely narrow and sharply peaked stress distribution is a dip in the velocity whose magnitude is independent of the stress diffusion. Such a dip in the velocity field has been observed experi-mentally [23,24] and provides a possible mechanism for the instabilities seen in numerical simulations [6,7,8,9,10,11]. Simply stated, the instability mechanism is due to the fact that at extensional points in the flow the vorticity is low.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 63%
“…However it is precisely at these points in the flow that interesting dynamics arise. Instabilities have been found in experiments at internal stagnation points [1,2,3,4,5], and related numerical instabilities are found in similar geometries [6,7,8,9,10,11]. It is unclear what is driving these instabilities, but it is reasonable to conjecture that they are related to the large polymer stresses and stress gradients which accumulate along the incoming and outgoing streamlines of these internal stagnation points.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 94%
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“…Second order finite difference techniques are used to discretize the spatial derivatives. Finite difference evolution of viscoelastic stress often exhibits grid-scale oscillations in some components [15], and excessive growth in stress gradients [33]. To control polymer stress gradient growth a stabilization technique must be implemented.…”
Section: Eulerian Discretizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To control polymer stress gradient growth a stabilization technique must be implemented. Here we follow [33], and add stress diffusion to the constitutive equation (2.4) with coefficient ν:…”
Section: Eulerian Discretizationmentioning
confidence: 99%