The effect of shear on the thermal conductivity of non-Newtonian fluids

dc.contributor.advisorChapman, Alan J.
dc.creatorTrevas, David Alexander
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:27:36Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:27:36Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.description.abstractThis work considers the effect of shear on the thermal conductivity of non-Newtonian fluids. These fluids display a variation of viscosity as a function of shear rate, and this study determines whether the thermal conductivity has a similar variation for these fluids. The experimental apparatus consisted of concentric cylinders immersed in a temperature-controlled water bath with the sample fluid situated in the gap between the cylinders. The outer cylinder was allowed to rotate to impart shear on the sample. The experimental method involved measuring the transient, temperature rise in the inner cylinder as heat is applied from the center of the cylinder. An interactive, transient, one-dimensional, finite-volume computer program was used to determine thermal conductivity from the experimental data. One of the non-Newtonian fluids tested, a mixture of bentonite clay in water, displayed a rise in thermal conductivity under shear that appeared to be a function of the square of the shear rate. The maximum rise was 6.8% above the zero-shear value at 100 s$\sp{-1}$. The other fluid, a mixture of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) in water, showed the same 1.9% decrease in thermal conductivity at both non-zero shear rates (50 and 100 s$\sp{-1}$). This work demonstrates that there is an effect of shear on the thermal conductivity of non-Newtonian fluids and that it is a different function for different types of fluids.
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS M.E. 1994 TREVAS
dc.identifier.citationTrevas, David Alexander. "The effect of shear on the thermal conductivity of non-Newtonian fluids." (1994) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16780">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16780</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/16780
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectMechanical engineering
dc.subjectChemical engineering
dc.titleThe effect of shear on the thermal conductivity of non-Newtonian fluids
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentMechanical Engineering
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
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