NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF THREE DIMENSIONAL VISCOELASTIC FREE SURFACE FLOWS: IMPACTING DROP PROBLEM

Author(s)

Figueiredo, Rafael A. ; Oishi, Cassio M. ; Cuminato, Jose A. ; Azevedo, Jose C. ; Afonso, Alexandre M. ; Alves, Manuel A. ; Onate, E ; Oliver, X ; Huerta, A

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: 11TH WORLD CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; 5TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; 6TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS, VOLS V - VI; v. N/A, p. 13-pg., 2014-01-01.

Abstract

This work presents a numerical investigation of three dimensional viscoelastic free surface flows. In particular, using two different numerical methodologies, we have simulated a typical free-surface benchmark flow problem: the impact of a viscoelastic fluid droplet with a rigid boundary. The numerical method was recently proposed by Figueiredo et al. [1] and has been implemented in a in-house viscoelastic flow solver. In this methodology, a finite difference scheme is adopted combining the Marker-And-Cell (MAC) method with a Front-Tracking strategy. In order to preserve mass conservation properties for transient viscoelastic fluid flows, we have modified the methodology in [1] to include an improvement on the MAC discretization of the velocity boundary conditions at free-surfaces. The code is verified by solving the drop impact problem for a Newtonian fluid. After this verification, we employ the Oldroyd-B model to assess the differences between the methodologies, and compare our results with the ones in the literature. Finally, a detailed study of the influence of the relevant rheological parameters of the non-linear viscoelastic models (Giesekus and XPP) is reported, regarding the deformation and spreading of the viscoelastic fluid drop after impacting on a rigid surface. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/07375-0 - CeMEAI - Center for Mathematical Sciences Applied to Industry
• Grantee: Francisco Louzada Neto
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC
• FAPESP's process: 11/09194-7 - Numerical simulation of the Weissenberg effect
• Grantee: Rafael Alves Figueiredo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate