Role of Velocity Gradient in Determining Cuprammonium Fluidity of Cellulose

1941 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 526-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Conrad
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2015 ◽  
Vol 780 ◽  
pp. 60-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Lawson ◽  
J. R. Dawson

The statistics of the velocity gradient tensor $\unicode[STIX]{x1D63C}=\boldsymbol{{\rm\nabla}}\boldsymbol{u}$, which embody the fine scales of turbulence, are influenced by turbulent ‘structure’. Whilst velocity gradient statistics and dynamics have been well characterised, the connection between structure and dynamics has largely focused on rotation-dominated flow and relied upon data from numerical simulation alone. Using numerical and spatially resolved experimental datasets of homogeneous turbulence, the role of structure is examined for all local (incompressible) flow topologies characterisable by $\unicode[STIX]{x1D63C}$. Structures are studied through the footprints they leave in conditional averages of the $Q=-\text{Tr}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D63C}^{2})/2$ field, pertinent to non-local strain production, obtained using two complementary conditional averaging techniques. The first, stochastic estimation, approximates the $Q$ field conditioned upon $\unicode[STIX]{x1D63C}$ and educes quantitatively similar structure in both datasets, dissimilar to that of random Gaussian velocity fields. Moreover, it strongly resembles a promising model for velocity gradient dynamics recently proposed by Wilczek & Meneveau (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 756, 2014, pp. 191–225), but is derived under a less restrictive premise, with explicitly determined closure coefficients. The second technique examines true conditional averages of the $Q$ field, which is used to validate the stochastic estimation and provide insights towards the model’s refinement. Jointly, these approaches confirm that vortex tubes are the predominant feature of rotation-dominated regions and additionally show that shear layer structures are active in strain-dominated regions. In both cases, kinematic features of these structures explain alignment statistics of the pressure Hessian eigenvectors and why local and non-local strain production act in opposition to each other.


1989 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. T. Milner ◽  
M. E. Cates

ABSTRACTIn the isotropic to lamellar transition, nonlinear fluctuation terms lower the transition temperature τc and drive the transition first order. Here we show that steady shear, by suppressing the fluctuations, raises τc; in a certain temperature range the lamellar phase can be induced by applying shear. A study of the effective potential indicates that the transition remains first order, though becoming very weak at high shear rate. We argue heuristically that the lamellar ordering first occurs with wavevector normal to both the velocity and the velocity gradient. We estimate the characteristic shear rate for two current experimental systems.


2020 ◽  
Vol 399 ◽  
pp. 122970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Qasim ◽  
Seongjun Park ◽  
Jong-Oh Kim

2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Polášek

INFLUENCE OF VELOCITY GRADIENT ON OPTIMISATION OF THE AGGREGATION PROCESS AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FORMED AGGREGATES: Part 1. Inline high density suspension (IHDS) aggregation processThis paper deals with optimisation and acceleration of the clarification process. It was established that both these objectives are closely inter-related and can be accomplished by the formation of aggregates with a high agitation intensity until the flocculation optimum is reached. This is a new method of formation of aggregates which is called the Inline High Density Suspension (IHDS) formation process. Further, under the IHDS process the aggregates are formed with a single root-mean-square velocity gradientG>> 50 s-1. It was also established that the process of formation of aggregates (expressed by residual e of the observed determinant) passes through a minimum. This minimum is considered to be the flocculation optimum. Furthermore, the agitation intensity (G) was found to be the inherent means influencing compactness and thereby density of the aggregates formed. This proves the vital role of agitation intensity on the morphological and physical properties of aggregates formed. The resultant aggregates formed by the IHDS process are very compact, dense and homogeneous in their size, shape, volume and inner structure. Last but not least, the IHDS process applied to the HR-CSAV type sludge blanket clarifier facilitated its high attainable upflow velocity above of 25 m h-1.


JAMA ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 195 (12) ◽  
pp. 1005-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Fernbach
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JAMA ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 195 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. E. Van Metre

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