The present work deals with the development of a direct simulation strategy for solving the motion of spherical particles in non-Newtonian liquids. The purely viscous (non-elastic) non-Newtonian liquids are described by Bingham and thixotropy models. Validation of the strategy is performed for single phase (lid driven cavity flow) and two phase flows (sphere sedimentation). Lid driven cavity flow results illustrate the flow evolution of thixotropic liquid and subtle differences between thixotropic rheology and
pseudo Bingham rheology. Single sphere sedimentation in Bingham liquid is shown to be influenced by the yield stress of the liquid. Time-dependent properties such as aging prominently affect the settling of a sphere in thixotropic liquid. The hydrodynamic interactions between two spheres are also studied at low and moderate Reynolds numbers. In thixotropic liquid, an intriguing phenomenon is observed where the separation distance between the spheres first increases and then rapidly decreases. / Chemical Engineering
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:AEU.10048/750 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Prashant, . |
| Contributors | Derksen, Jos (Chemical and Materials Engineering), Semagina, Natalia (Chemical and Materials Engineering), Sanders, Sean (Chemical and Materials Engineering), Lange, Carlos F. (Mechanical Engineering) |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 5725482 bytes, application/pdf |
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