Exact solutions for normal stress differences in polymeric liquids subjected to large-amplitude oscillatory shear flow (LAOS) contain many Bessel functions, each appearing in infinite sums. For the simplest relevant model of a polymeric liquid, the corotational Maxwell fluid, Bessel functions appear 38 times in the exact solution. By relevant, we mean that higher harmonics are predicted in LAOS. By contrast, approximate analytical solutions for normal stress differences in LAOS often take the form of the first few terms of a power series in the shear rate amplitude, and without any Bessel functions at all. Perhaps the best example of this, from continuum theory, is the Goddard integral expansion (GIE) that is arrived at laboriously. There is thus practical interest in extending the GIE to an arbitrary number of terms. However, each term in the GIE requires much more work than its predecessor. For the corotational Maxwell fluid, for instance, the GIE for the normal stress differences has yet to be taken beyond the fifth power of the shear rate amplitude. In this paper, we begin with the exact solution for normal stress difference responses in corotational Maxwell fluids, then perform an expansion by symbolic computation to confirm up to the fifth power, and then to continue the GIE. In this paper, for example, we continue the GIE to the 41st power of the shear rate amplitude. We use Ewoldt grids to show that our main result is highly accurate. We also show that, except in its zero-frequency limit, the radius of convergence of the GIE is infinite. We derive the pattern for the common denominators of the GIE coefficients and also for every numerator for the zeroth harmonic coefficients. We also find that the numerators of the other harmonics appear to be patternless.
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March 2019
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March 05 2019
Power series for normal stress differences of polymeric liquids in large-amplitude oscillatory shear flow
Special Collection:
Selected Papers from the 10th National Congress on Fluid Mechanics of China
P. Poungthong
;
P. Poungthong
1
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Polymer Research Center, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok
, Bangkok 10800, Thailand
2
Polymers Research Group, Chemical Engineering Department, Queen’s University
, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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A. J. Giacomin
;
A. J. Giacomin
a)
2
Polymers Research Group, Chemical Engineering Department, Queen’s University
, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
3
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department, Queen’s University
, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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C. Saengow
;
C. Saengow
2
Polymers Research Group, Chemical Engineering Department, Queen’s University
, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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C. Kolitawong
C. Kolitawong
1
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Polymer Research Center, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok
, Bangkok 10800, Thailand
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: giacomin@queensu.ca
Note: This paper is part of the special issue from the 10th National Congress on Fluid Mechanics of China.
Physics of Fluids 31, 033101 (2019)
Article history
Received:
October 26 2018
Accepted:
November 23 2018
Citation
P. Poungthong, A. J. Giacomin, C. Saengow, C. Kolitawong; Power series for normal stress differences of polymeric liquids in large-amplitude oscillatory shear flow. Physics of Fluids 1 March 2019; 31 (3): 033101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5078635
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