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Abstract(s)
A systematic numerical investigation on creeping flows in planar sudden expansions of viscoelastic fluids
obeying the upper-convected Maxwell model is carried out to assess the combined effects of viscoelasticity,
through the Deborah number, and expansion ratio (ER), which was varied between 1.25 and 32. At large expansion ratios (ER≥4) the flow becomes dominated by the downstream duct size and appropriately normalized quantities tend to be independent of ER. The recirculation size and strength become decreasing functions of De, whereas the Couette correction (the normalized entry pressure drop due to the presence of the expansion) increases. At small ER (ER≤3), however, no simple scaling laws are found
and there is a complex interaction between De and ER leading to non-monotonic variations, with an
initial decrease in the recirculation length at low Deborah numbers, followed by an enhancement as De
increases.
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Planar sudden expansion UCM Creeping flow Expansion ratio effects