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Polymer solutions in co-rotating Taylor–Couette flow without vorticity

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  • Zell, A.
  • Wagner, C.

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We present experimental results of the flow of dilute and semi-dilute polymer solutions in co-rotating Taylor–Couette cylinders. The experimental set-up consists of a modified Mars II rheometer (Thermo Scientific) with two drive units that are mounted opposite each other. The rotational velocities of the inner and outer cylinders are chosen in a way such that the angular velocity has a 1/r profile and the flow is free of vorticity, but the direction of elongation is not constant, but rotates with the flow. Our particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements show that for polymer solutions without shear thinning the flow is indeed free of vorticity and is equal to a stagnation point flow at a given position and a given instant in time. In contrast, torque measurements reveal that the stresses are identical to the stresses that are present in a plane shear flow. Thus, we find that for polymer solutions a flow with vorticity and a constant direction of elongation is equal to a flow without vorticity in which the direction of elongation is rotating. Finally, we show that for shear thinning solutions the flow velocity becomes non-monotonic through the gap and resembles a pluglike profile which is known from the Poiseuille flow.

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  • Zell, A. & Wagner, C., 2012. "Polymer solutions in co-rotating Taylor–Couette flow without vorticity," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 391(3), pages 464-473.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:391:y:2012:i:3:p:464-473
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2011.08.045
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    1. Philip LeDuc & Charbel Haber & Gang Bao & Denis Wirtz, 1999. "Dynamics of individual flexible polymers in a shear flow," Nature, Nature, vol. 399(6736), pages 564-566, June.
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