Numerical and experimental study on the steady cone-jet mode of electro-centrifugal spinning

Hashemi, Ali Reza, Pishevar, Ahmad Reza, Valipouri, Afsaneh and Părău, Emilian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5134-2068 (2018) Numerical and experimental study on the steady cone-jet mode of electro-centrifugal spinning. Physics of Fluids, 30. ISSN 1070-6631

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Abstract

This study focuses on a numerical investigation of an initial stable jet through the air-sealed electro-centrifugal spinning process, which is known as a viable method for the mass production of nanofibers. A liquid jet undergoing electric and centrifugal forces, as well as other forces, first travels in a stable trajectory and then goes through an unstable curled path to the collector. In numerical modeling, hydrodynamic equations have been solved using the perturbation method—and the boundary integral method has been implemented to efficiently solve the electric potential equation. Hydrodynamic equations have been coupled with the electric field using stress boundary conditions at the fluid-fluid interface. Perturbation equations were discretized by a second order finite difference method, and the Newton method was implemented to solve the discretized non-linear system. Also, the boundary element method was utilized to solve electrostatic equations. In the theoretical study, the fluid was described as a leaky dielectric with charges only on the surface of the jet traveling in dielectric air. The effect of the electric field induced around the nozzle tip on the jet instability and trajectory deviation was also experimentally studied through plate-plate geometry as well as point-plate geometry. It was numerically found that the centrifugal force prevails on electric force by increasing the rotational speed. Therefore, the alteration of the applied voltage does not significantly affect the jet thinning profile or the jet trajectory.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Mathematics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Fluid and Solid Mechanics
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	16 Jan 2018 12:30
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 17:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/65944
DOI:	10.1063/1.5001808

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