Affiliation:
1. Polydynamics Inc Dundas Ontario Canada
2. Institute for Bio‐Economy and Agri‐Technology (IBO), Centre of Research and Technology‐Hellas (CERTH) Thessaloniki Greece
3. Department of Chemical Engineering McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
Abstract
AbstractViscous particles of polymer melts and glasses coalesce under the action of surface tension. Resistance is due to viscosity, while inertia is not a contributing factor, with the Ohnesorge number being very high. Russian physicist Yakov Frenkel developed a model for neck growth during the initial stage of the merging process of two spherical particles, assuming uniform biaxial extensional flow. Frenkel's model was extended for prediction of neck size as a function of time to the completion of coalescence, expressed by an ordinary differential equation. The time t is expressed in dimensionless form as (tγ/ηR), where η, γ, and R denote the viscosity, surface tension, and particle radius, respectively. Models were also developed for viscoelastic effects, non‐isothermal conditions, and unequal diameter particles. For the coalescence of infinitely long cylinders, planar extensional flow is assumed. Other investigators presented numerical solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations, which include shear flow components, but the predictions of neck growth are not much different from those of the Frenkel‐based models. Comparisons to experiments are also discussed, involving polymers, glasses, animal tissue cells, and biomacromolecules. The models are also used in additive manufacturing applications for the determination of bonding and pore shrinkage.
Subject
General Chemical Engineering
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