A simple phenomenological non-Newtonian fluid model

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Abstract

In this work, a simple phenomenological generalized Newtonian law model has been proposed and tested for different polymer melts by using rheological data taken from the open literature. Viscosity is given as a specific function of three principal invariants of the deformation rate tensor, D, and its absolute value defined as DD. It has been found that the model predictions are in very good agreement with the strain rate dependent steady shear and uniaxial extensional viscosities for linear and branched polyolefines. The model behaves correctly in description of steady planar and equibiaxial extensional viscosities and allows their independent strain hardening level control with respect to uniaxial extensional viscosity.

Introduction

As early as in 1948 Rivlin observed that for an isotropic generalized Newtonian fluid the viscosity is a function of only three principal invariants of the deformation rate tensor, ηID,IID,IIID [1], [2]. However, for incompressible non-Newtonian liquids (for which the first invariant of the deformation rate tensor is zero) viscosity is usually considered to be a function of only the second and third principal invariants of the deformation rate tensor ηIID,IIID [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]. The main weakness of generalized Newtonian law model, in which the stress tensor is directly proportional to the deformation rate tensor through ηIID,IIID, is its incapability to correctly represent the flow behavior in extensional flows, especially in plane flows, where the third invariant of deformation rate tensor IIID is 0. In order to overcome this problem, new definition of the non-Newtonian fluid viscosity is proposed here and tested for three different polymer melts (highly branched LDPE, slightly branched mLLDPE and linear HDPE) whose rheological characteristics were taken from the open literature [11], [12].

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Model development and testing

The simplest non-Newtonian fluid model is generalized Newtonian law in the following form:τ=2ηID,IID,IIIDDwhere τ means the stress tensor, D represents the deformation rate tensor and η stands for the viscosity which is not constant (unlike in the standard Newtonian law) and is allowed to vary with the first, second and third invariant of the deformation rate tensor, ID=trD, IID=2trD2 and IIID=detD, respectively. Let us consider viscosity as a variable which depends on three principal

Conclusion

The simple phenomenological generalized Newtonian law model proposed and tested for different polymer melts in this work has proved a good capability to describe the strain rate dependent steady shear and uniaxial extensional viscosities for linear and branched polyolefines. Moreover, it has shown correct predictive behavior for steady planar and equibiaxial extensional viscosities and ability to control their strain hardening level independently of uniaxial extensional viscosity. This supports

Acknowledgments

The author wishes to acknowledge Czech Science Foundation and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of CR for the financial support (Grant No. 103/09/2066 and MSM 7088352101, respectively).

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