We investigated the Kármán vortex behind a circular cylinder in a polymer solution by a molecular dynamics simulation. The vortex characteristics are distinctly different for short and long polymers. The solution with the long polymer exhibits a reduction in the vortex shedding frequency and broadening of the lift coefficient spectrum. On the other hand, the characteristics of the short-polymer solution are almost the same as those of the Newtonian fluid. These facts are consistent with the experiments. Because the distributions of the gyration radius and the orientational order of the long-polymer solution are highly inhomogeneous in the flow field, we conclude that the extensional property of the polymer plays an important role in changing the flow characteristics.
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14 April 2018
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April 09 2018
Polymer effects on Kármán vortex: Molecular dynamics study
Yuta Asano;
Yuta Asano
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The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo
, Kashiwanoha 5-1-5, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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Hiroshi Watanabe;
Hiroshi Watanabe
The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo
, Kashiwanoha 5-1-5, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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Hiroshi Noguchi
Hiroshi Noguchi
The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo
, Kashiwanoha 5-1-5, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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J. Chem. Phys. 148, 144901 (2018)
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Received:
January 29 2018
Accepted:
March 26 2018
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Yuta Asano, Hiroshi Watanabe, Hiroshi Noguchi; Polymer effects on Kármán vortex: Molecular dynamics study. J. Chem. Phys. 14 April 2018; 148 (14): 144901. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5024010
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