Geometric scaling of a purely elastic flow instability in serpentine channels

DOI10.1017/JFM.2012.411MaRDI QIDQ2863480zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Zilz, R. J. Poole, M. A. Alves, D. Bartolo, B. Levaché, A. Lindner

Publication date 21 November 2013

Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.5046

zbMATH Keywords

microfluidicsviscoelasticitylow-Reynolds-number flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Viscoelastic fluids (76A10) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99)

Abstract: We present a combined experimental, numerical and theoretical investigation of the geometric scaling of the onset of a purely-elastic flow instability in a serpentine channel. Good qualitative agreement is obtained between experiments, using dilute solutions of flexible polymers in microfluidic devices, and two-dimensional numerical simulations using the UCM model. The results are confirmed by a simple theoretical analysis, based on the dimensionless criterion proposed by Pakdel-McKinley for onset of a purely-elastic instability.

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