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Two-phase viscoelastic jetting
A coupled finite difference algorithm on rectangular grids is developed for viscoelastic ink ejection simulations. The ink is modeled by the Oldroyd-B viscoelastic fluid model. The coupled algorithm seamlessly incorporates several things: (1) a coupled level set-projection method for incompressible immiscible two-phase fluid flows; (2) a higher-order Godunov type algorithm for the convection terms in the momentum and level set equations; (3) a simple first-order upwind algorithm for the convection term in the viscoelastic stress equations; (4) central difference approximations for viscosity, surface tension, and upper-convected derivative terms; and (5) an equivalent circuit model to calculate the inflow pressure (or flow rate) from dynamic voltage
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Inkjet printing of non-Newtonian fluids
Jet breakup is strongly affected by fluid rheology. In particular,small amounts of polymer can cause substantially different
breakup dynamics compared to a Newtonian jet, influencing in-flight fragmentation and detachment from the nozzle. Significant
concentrations may also impede jettability. Furthermore, most commercial and industrial inks are inherently colloidal due to the presence of pigment and other additives. Fluids containing a particulate phase are normally shear-thinning and so may have a different characteristic viscosity within the nozzle compared to the ejected ligament. We have developed numerical simulations
using a Lagrangian finite element method that captures the free surface automatically, and admits a variety of viscosity dependences, e.g. on the local shear rate (generalized Newtonian
fluid) or on the particle concentration (Krieger-Dougherty type models), in addition to several viscoelastic models for polymeric
fluids. This method has been benchmarked against experimental data for Newtonian jets. Appropriate rheological models are
discussed, and results are presented alongside comparisons with experimental work
Droplet breakup driven by shear thinning solutions in a microfluidic T-Junction
Droplet-based microfluidics turned out to be an efficient and adjustable
platform for digital analysis, encapsulation of cells, drug formulation, and
polymerase chain reaction. Typically, for most biomedical applications, the
handling of complex, non-Newtonian fluids is involved, e.g. synovial and
salivary fluids, collagen, and gel scaffolds. In this study we investigate the
problem of droplet formation occurring in a microfluidic T-shaped junction,
when the continuous phase is made of shear thinning liquids. At first, we
review in detail the breakup process providing extensive, side-by-side
comparisons between Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids over unexplored ranges
of flow conditions and viscous responses. The non-Newtonian liquid carrying the
droplets is made of Xanthan solutions, a stiff rod-like polysaccharide
displaying a marked shear thinning rheology. By defining an effective Capillary
number, a simple yet effective methodology is used to account for the
shear-dependent viscous response occurring at the breakup. The droplet size can
be predicted over a wide range of flow conditions simply by knowing the
rheology of the bulk continuous phase. Experimental results are complemented
with numerical simulations of purely shear thinning fluids using Lattice
Boltzmann models. The good agreement between the experimental and numerical
data confirm the validity of the proposed rescaling with the effective
Capillary number.Comment: Manuscript: 11 pages 5 figures, 65 References. Textual Supplemental
Material: 6 pages 3 figure. Video Supplemental Materials: 2 movie
Effects of viscoelasticity on droplet dynamics and break-up in microfluidic T-Junctions: a lattice Boltzmann study
The effects of viscoelasticity on the dynamics and break-up of fluid threads
in microfluidic T-junctions are investigated using numerical simulations of
dilute polymer solutions at changing the Capillary number (\mbox {Ca}), i.e.
at changing the balance between the viscous forces and the surface tension at
the interface, up to \mbox{Ca} \approx 3 \times 10^{-2}. A Navier-Stokes (NS)
description of the solvent based on the lattice Boltzmann models (LBM) is here
coupled to constitutive equations for finite extensible non-linear elastic
dumbbells with the closure proposed by Peterlin (FENE-P model). We present the
results of three-dimensional simulations in a range of \mbox{Ca} which is
broad enough to characterize all the three characteristic mechanisms of breakup
in the confined T-junction, i.e. , and regimes. The various model parameters of the FENE-P constitutive
equations, including the polymer relaxation time and the finite
extensibility parameter , are changed to provide quantitative details on
how the dynamics and break-up properties are affected by viscoelasticity. We
will analyze cases with (DV), where
viscoelastic properties are confined in the dispersed (d) phase, as well as
cases with (MV), where viscoelastic properties
are confined in the continuous (c) phase. Moderate flow-rate ratios of the two phases are considered in the present study. Overall, we
find that the effects are more pronounced in the case with MV, as the flow
driving the break-up process upstream of the emerging thread can be sensibly
perturbed by the polymer stresses.Comment: 16 pages, 14 figures; This Work applies the Numerical Methodology
described in arXiv:1406.2686 to the Problem of Droplet Generation in
Microfluidic T-Junctions. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with
arXiv:1508.0055
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Jetting behavior of polymer solutions in drop-on-demand inkjet printing
The jetting of dilute polymer solutions in drop-on-demand printing is investigated. A quantitative model is presented which predicts three different regimes of behaviour depending upon the jet Weissenberg number Wi and extensibility of the polymer molecules. In regime I (Wi L) the chains remain fully extended in the thinning ligament. The maximum polymer concentration at which a jet of a certain speed can be formed scales with molecular weight to the power of (1-3ν), (1-6ν) and -2ν in the three regimes respectively, where ν is the solvent quality coefficient. Experimental data obtained with solutions of mono-disperse polystyrene in diethyl phthalate with molecular weights between 24 - 488 kDa, previous numerical simulations of this system, and previously published data for this and another linear polymer in a variety of âgoodâ solvents, all show good agreement with the scaling predictions of the model
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Microsecond relaxation processes in shear and extensional flows of weakly elastic polymer solutions
Breakup dynamics and dripping-to-jetting transition in a Newtonian/shear-thinning multiphase microsystem
The breakup dynamics in non-Newtonian multiphase microsystems is associated with a variety of industrial applications such as food production and biomedical engineering. In this study, we numerically and experimentally characterize the dripping-to-jetting transition under various flow conditions in a Newtonian/shear-thinning multiphase microsystem. Our work can help to predict the formation of undesirable satellite droplets, which is one of the challenges in dispensing non-Newtonian fluids. We also demonstrate the variations in breakup dynamics between shear-thinning and Newtonian fluids under the same flow conditions. For shear-thinning fluids, the droplet size increases when the capillary number is smaller than a critical value, while it decreases when the capillary number is beyond the critical value. The variations highlight the importance of rheological effects in flows with a non-Newtonian fluid. The viscosity of shear-thinning fluids significantly affects the control over the droplet size, therefore necessitating the manipulation of the shear rate through adjusting the flow rate and the dimensions of the nozzle. Consequently, the droplet size can be tuned in a controlled manner. Our findings can guide the design of novel microdevices for generating droplets of shear-thinning fluids with a predetermined droplet size. This enhances the ability to fabricate functional particles using an emulsion-templated approach. Moreover, elastic effects are also investigated experimentally using a model shear-thinning fluid that also exhibits elastic behaviors: droplets are increasingly deformed with increasing elasticity of the continuous phase. The overall understanding in the model multiphase microsystem will facilitate the use of a droplet-based approach for non-Newtonian multiphase applications ranging from energy to biomedical sciences.postprin
Fluid characterisation and drop impact in inkjet printing for organic semiconductor devices
An inkjet printer can deposit a very small volume of liquid with high positional accuracy, high speed and low cost. As a maskless, non-contact additive patterning method, inkjet printing technology is increasingly being explored as an alternative to lithography, etching and vapour deposition processes to pattern electrical conductors and thin films with applications in printed electronic devices. The functional inks used in many of the applications involve non-linear viscoelasticity and their behaviours in the context of inkjet printing have not been fully understood. This thesis aims to characterise Newtonian and non-Newtonian properties of inkjet fluids and identify the key parameters affecting drop impact and spreading processes.
Various fluid characterisation techniques such as the filament stretching rheometer and piezoelectric axial vibrator are explored. We propose an experimental method to assess the jettability of non-Newtonian inkjet fluids, without using an inkjet print head. The oblique collision of two continuous liquid jets leads to the formation of a thin oval liquid sheet bounded by a thicker rim which disintegrates into ligaments and droplets. Under certain conditions the flow structure exhibits a remarkably symmetrical âfishboneâ pattern composed of a regular succession of longitudinal ligaments and droplets. Good correlation was found between the maximum included angle of the fishbone pattern and the maximum ligament length in the jetting experiments, which suggests that a test based on oblique impinging jets may be useful in the development of fluids for ink jet printing.
High-speed imaging is used to analyse the impact and spreading of sub-30 Îźm drops of diethyl phthalate or polystyrene solutions in diethyl phthalate on to smooth glass surfaces with controlled wettability at speeds from 3 to 8 m s-1, under conditions representative of drop-on-demand inkjet printing. Data on drop height and spreading diameter are generated with high time and spatial resolution, over eight orders of magnitude in timescale. The effects of fluid viscosity and elasticity, which significantly affect jetting performance, are negligible throughout the whole deposition process, with no significant difference between spreading curves. The values of the fluid surface tension and the substrate wettability also have no effect on the kinematic, spreading or relaxation phases, but a marked influence on the wetting phase, in terms of the speed of expansion of the contact diameter and the final spreading factor
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