Fluid Mechanics and Rheology of Fluid Fiber Flows: Fundamental Science and Technological Applications

Download or read book Fluid Mechanics and Rheology of Fluid Fiber Flows: Fundamental Science and Technological Applications written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research activities are focused on modeling of polymeric liquid crystal (LCP) flows. We first summarizes our comprehensive studies on the shear and elongational flow with an imposed velocity field. This includes a complete characterization of the orientational equilibrium and their bifurcation behavior as well as the detailed study on the orientation dynamics with respect to both types of flows. In particular, biaxial patterns and their dynamics are treated carefully. We then report on the work on the modeling of fiber spinning processes of thermotropic liquid crystal polymers, where new models along with an extensive study for fiber flows of thermotropic liquid crystals are presented. The study on the influence of microstructure on the capillary instability of liquid crystal jets follows. Finally, we report on some long wave stability analysis for ideal liquid jets of LCPs and the progress on some ongoing projects.