Unstable slit flow of a liquid crystalline polymer solution

被引:18
作者
Bedford, BD [1 ]
Cinader, DK [1 ]
Burghardt, WR [1 ]
机构
[1] NORTHWESTERN UNIV,DEPT CHEM ENGN,EVANSTON,IL 60208
关键词
hydroxypropylcellulose; slit flow instability; birefringence; x-ray scattering;
D O I
10.1007/s003970050054
中图分类号
O3 [力学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0801 ;
摘要
A lyotopic solution of 27 wt% hydroxypropylcellulose [HPC] in m-cresol has been studied in pressure-driven slit flow. At high flow rates an instability leads to large wavelength disturbances in fluid structure. A combination of image analysis and time signal processing is used to determine the velocity at which the structural disturbances are convected downstream, which is shown to be equal to the independently measured and predicted centerline velocity. This implies that the disturbance structure is confined near the midplane of the slit flow. Upstream of the onset point of the wavy fluid structures, the fluid exhibits unusual optical properties when viewed between crossed polarizers that are rotated relative to the flow direction. Specifically, the optical properties indicate that there must be some variation in the macroscopic optical axis of the sample as light passes through the slit flow. A discrete optical model consisting of birefringent elements twisted away from and back to the now direction as a function of depth in the sample is able to predict the essential optical characteristics; however, independent x-ray scattering measurements show that the macroscopic molecular alignment is along the flow direction. The wavy textures apparently emerge as a result of an inhomogeneous transition of orientation back to the flow direction, trapping thin bands of fluid in the twisted configuration.
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页码:384 / 396
页数:13
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