Flow of dilute to semi-dilute polystyrene solutions through a benchmark 8:1 planar abrupt micro-contraction

Simon J. Haward; Zhuo Li; Daniel Lighter; Ben Thomas; Jeffrey A. Odell; Xue Feng Yuan

doi:10.1016/j.jnnfm.2010.09.002

Flow of dilute to semi-dilute polystyrene solutions through a benchmark 8:1 planar abrupt micro-contraction

Simon J. Haward, Zhuo Li, Daniel Lighter, Ben Thomas, Jeffrey A. Odell, Xue Feng Yuan

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Abstract

We have studied the flow of thermodynamically ideal solutions of a high molecular weight (Mw=6.9MDa) atactic polystyrene in the θ solvent dioctyl phthalate (aPS in DOP) through a micro-fabricated 8:1 planar abrupt contraction geometry. The channel is much deeper than most micro-scale geometries, providing an aspect ratio of 16:1 and a good approximation to 2D flow in the narrow channel. The solutions span a range of concentration 0.03wt.%

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1654-1669
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
Volume	165
Issue number	23-24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2010.09.002
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

Birefringence
Contraction flow
Micro-fluidics
Particle image velocimetry
Polymer solution

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Flow of dilute to semi-dilute polystyrene solutions through a benchmark 8:1 planar abrupt micro-contraction

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