Role of micellar entanglements on kinetics of shear banding flow formation
Role of micellar entanglements on kinetics of shear banding flow formation
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DOI:
10.1122/8.0000436
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发表时间:
2022-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Peter Rassolov;Hadi Mohammadigoushki
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作者:
Peter Rassolov;Hadi Mohammadigoushki
We investigate the effects of micellar entanglement number on the kinetics of shear banding flow formation in a Taylor–Couette flow. Three sets of wormlike micellar solutions, each set with a similar fluid elasticity and zero-shear-rate viscosity, but with varying entanglement densities, are studied under the startup of steady shear. Our experiments indicate that in the set with low fluid elasticity, the transient shear banding flow is characterized by the formation of a transient flow reversal in a range of entanglement densities. Outside of this range, the transient flow reversal is not observed. For the sets of medium and high elasticities, the transient flow reversals exist for relatively small entanglement densities and disappear for large entanglement densities. Our analysis shows that wall slip and elastic instabilities do not affect the transient flow feature. We identify a correlation between micellar entanglement number, the width of the stress plateau, and the extent of the transient flow reversal. As the micellar entanglement number increases, the width of the stress plateau first increases; then, at a higher micellar entanglement number, the plateau width decreases. Therefore, we hypothesize that the transient flow reversal is connected to the micellar entanglement number through the width of the stress plateau.