Analysis of the vane rheometer using 3D finite element simulation

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-177

  Savarmand, Saeid ^a,c   Heniche, Mourad ^b   B́chard, Vincent ^b   Bertrand, Fraņois ^b   Carreau, Pierre J ^b  

^a PAPRICAN   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

^c Sun Chemical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; CFD; End effects; Power law fluids; Vane rheometer; Yield stress fluids

Indexed keywords

END EFFECTS; POWER-LAW FLUIDS; VANE RHEOMETER; YIELD STRESS FLUIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA REDUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VANE PUMPS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; YIELD STRESS;

RHEOMETERS;

EID: 33847609548     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2433936     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Barnes, H. A. " A review of the slip (wall depletion) of polymer solutions, emulsions and particle suspension in viscometers: Its cause, character, and cure., " J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. 56, 221-251 (1995).
2. Barnes, H. A., and J. O. Carnali, " The vane-in-cup as a novel rheometer geometry for shear thinning and thixotropic materials., " J. Rheol. 36, 841-866 (1990).
3. Barnes, H. A., and Q. D. Nguyen, " Rotating vane rheometry-a review., " J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. 98, 1-14 (2001).
4. Bertrand, F., M. R. Gadbois, and P. A. Tanguy, " Tetrahedral elements for fluid flow., " Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng. 33, 1251-1267 (1992).
5. Cadling, L., and S. Odenstad, " The vane borer: An apparatus for determining the shear strength of clay soils directly in the ground.. " Proc. R. Swedish Geotechnical. Inst., Stockholm, No. 2, 87-99 (1950).
6. Carreau, P. J., D. C. R. De Kee, and R. P. Chhabra, Rheology of Polymeric Systems; Principles and Applications (HanserGardner, New York, 1997), pp. 81-82.
7. Griffiths, D. V., and P. A. Lane, " Finite element analysis of the shear vane test., " Comput. Struct. 37, 1105-1116 (1990).
8. Junus, J., and J. L. Briggs, " Vane sensor system in small strain oscillatory testing., " Appl. Rheol. 11, 264-270 (2001).
9. Keentok, M., J. F. Milthorpe, and E. O'Donovan, " On the shearing zone around rotating vanes in plastic liquids: Theory and experiment., " J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. 17, 23-35 (1985).
10. Nguyen, Q. D., and D. V. Boger, " Yield stress measurement for concentrated suspensions., " J. Rheol. 27, 321-349 (1983).
11. Nguyen, Q. D., and D. V. Boger, " Direct yield stress measurement with the vane method., " J. Rheol. 29, 335-347 (1985).
12. Saak, A. W., H. M. Jennings, and S. P. Shah, " The influence of wall slip on yield stress and viscoelastic measurements of cement pastes., " Cem. Concr. Res. 31, 205-212 (2001).
13. Savarmand, S., P. J. Carreau, F. Bertrand, D. J.-E. Vidal, and M. Moan, " Rheological properties of concentrated aqueous silica suspensions. Effects of pH and ions content., " J. Rheol. 47, 1133-1149 (2003).
14. Servais, C., S. Ravji, C. Sansonnens, and I. Bauwens, " Oscillating vane geometry for soft solid gels and foams., " J. Texture Stud. 33, 487-504 (2003).
15. Sherwood, J. D., and G. H. Meeten, " The use of the vane to measure the shear modulus of linear elastic solids., " J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. 41, 101-118 (1991).
16. Yan, J., and A. E. James, " The yield surface of viscoelastic and plastic fluids in a vane viscometer., " J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. 70, 237-253 (1997).
17. Yanez, J. A., T. Shikata, F. F. Lange, and D. S. Pearson, " Shear modulus and yield stress measurements of attractive alumina particle networks in aqueous slurries., " J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 79, 2917-2924 (1996).
18. Zhang, X. D., D. W. Giles, V. H. Barocas, K. Yasunaga, and C. W. Macosko, " Measurement of foam modulus via a vane rheometer., " J. Rheol. 42, 871-889 (1998).