A finite difference technique for solving a time strain separable K-BKZ constitutive equation for two-dimensional moving free surface flows

This work is concerned with the numerical solution of the K-BKZ integral constitutive equation for two-dimensional time-dependent free surface flows. The numerical method proposed herein is a finite difference technique for simulating flows possessing moving surfaces that can interact with solid walls. The main characteristics of the methodology employed are: the momentum and mass conservation equations are solved by an implicit method; the pressure boundary condition on the free surface is implicitly coupled with the Poisson equation for obtaining the pressure field from mass conservation; a novel scheme for defining the past times is employed; the Finger tensor is calculated by the deformation fields method and is advanced in time by a second-order Runge–Kutta method. This new technique is verified by solving shear and uniaxial elongational flows. Furthermore, an analytic solution for fully developed channel flow is obtained that is employed in the verification and assessment of convergence with mesh refinement of the numerical solution. For free surface flows, the assessment of convergence with mesh refinement relies on a jet impinging on a rigid surface and a comparison of the simulation of a extrudate swell problem studied by Mitsoulis (2010) [44] was performed. Finally, the new code is used to investigate in detail the jet buckling phenomenon of K-BKZ fluids.Indisponível

A didactic proposal for the construction of the ellipse

The purpose of the present is to propose the construction of the ellipse in a didactic way in which the work deals with the exposure of a specific methodology for the 3rd year of high school when dealing with ellipse content. Followed by the results of the realization of a workshop aimed at the construction of the ellipse in a didactic way, constructed with low cost material, thereby proposing the teaching of mathematics in a more pleasant and effective way, where the ellipse equations were defined with the theoretical concept and afterwards, the gardener\u27s method was used to construct this curve in a terrain, using ropes and civil construction fasteners, so that the student could concretize and apply this content in practice. After that, it was used for construction in the classroom using thread threads or thin strings to make the tracing and to finish it used the Geogebra software to finish the work showing the perfection of the curve explained in the classroom. The didactic process carried out showed a real interest of the students mainly with the use of the field practice. In conclusion, teaching mathematics in a didactic and interactive way provides a favorable environment for learning, stimulating students with a critical sense and an investigative spirit

Extension of GENSMAC to incompressible flows governed by the Maxwell and K-BKZ integral models

Este trabalho tem como objetivo desenvolver um método numérico para simular escoamentos incompressíveis, isotérmicos, confinados ou com superfícies livres, de fuidos viscoelásticos governados pelos modelos integrais de Maxwell e K-BKZ (Kaye-Bernstein, Kearsley e Zapas). A técnica numérica apresentada é uma extensão do método GENSMAC (Tomé McKee - J. Comp. Phys., (110), pp 171--186, 1994 ) para a solução das equações de conservação, juntamente com as equações constitutivas integrais de Maxwell e K-BKZ. As equações governantes são resolvidas pelo método de diferenças finitas em uma malha deslocada. O tensor de Finger, B_t\'(t) é calculado com base nas idéias do método de campos de deformação (Peters et al. - J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. (89), de maneira que não há a necessidade de seguir a trajetória da partícula de fuido para descrever a história de deformação da partícula. Uma abordagem diferente para a discretização do instante passado é utilizada e o tensor de Finger e o tensor das tensões são calculados utilizando um método de segunda ordem. A validação do método numérico descrito nesse trabalho foi feita utilizando o escoamento em um canal bidimensional e a solução numérica obtida para a velocidade e para as componentes de tensão com o modelo de Maxwell foram comparadas com as respectivas soluções analíticas no estado estacionário, mostrando excelente concordância. Os resultados numéricos para a simulação do escoamento em uma contração planar 4 : 1 mostraram bons resultados, tanto qualitativos quanto quantitativos, quando comparados com os resultados experimentais de Quinzani et al. ( J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. (52), pp 1?36, 1994 ). Além disso, utilizando os modelos Maxwel e K-BKZ, o escoamento em uma contração planar 4 : 1 foi simulado para vários números de Weissenberg e os resultados obtidos estão de acordo com os encontrados na literatura. Resultados numéricos de escoamentos com superfícies livres modelados pelas equações integrais de Maxwell e K-BKZ são apresentados. Em particular, a simulação numérica do jato oscilante para diferentes números de Weissenberg e diferentes números de Reynolds é apresentada.The aim of this work is to develop a numerical technique for simulating incompressible, isothermal, free surface (also con¯ned) viscoelastic flows of fuids governed by the integral models of Maxwell and K-BKZ (Kaye-Bernstein, Kearsley and Zapas). The numerical technique described herein is an extension of the GENSMAC method (Tome and McKee, J. Comput. Phys., 110, pp. 171-186, 1994) to the solution of the momentuum and mass conservation equations together with the integral constitutive Maxwell and K-BKZ equations. The governing equations are solved by the finite difference method on a staggered grid using a Marker-and-Cell approach. The fluid is represented by marker particles on the fluid surface only. This provides the visualization and location of the fluid free surface so that the free surface stress conditions can be applied. The Finger tensor Bt0(t) is computed using the ideias of the deformation fields method (Peters et al. J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 89, pp. 209-228, 2001) so that it is not necessary to track a fluid particle in order to calculate its deformation history. However, in this work modifcations to the deformation fields method are introduced: the past time is discretized using a different formula, the Finger tensor Bt0(x; t) is obtained by a second order method and the stress tensor ? (x; t) is computed by a second order quadrature formula. The numerical method presented in this work is validated by simulating the flow of a Maxwell fluid in a two-dimensional channel and the numerical solutions of the velocity and the stress components are compared with the respective analytic solutions providing a good agreement. Further, the flow through a 4:1 planar contraction of a specific fuid studied experimentally by Quinzani et al. (J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 52, pp. 1-36, 1994) was simulated and the numerical results were compared qualitatively and quantitatively with the experimental results and very good agreement was obtained. The Maxwell and the K-BKZ models were applied to simulate the 4:1 planar contraction problem using various Weissenberg numbers and the numerical results were in agreement with those published in the literature. Finally, numerical results of free surface flows using the Maxwell and K-BKZ integral constitutive equations are presented. In particular, the numerical simulation of jet buckling using several Weissenberg numbers and various Reynolds numbers are presente