Calculating Complex Viscosity
Hi
I am thinking of using this software to model the complex viscosity of sinusoidally oscillated cornstarch-water solution.
For this, I need to be able create the non-newtonian liquid
and calculate the shear stress & shear rate of the liquid at any given time and position.
Can this software achieve this?
Thanks
Feedback
Questions? Ideas? Problems?
No way to specify sinusoidal oscillation
Caedium supports the non-newtonian viscosity model Bird Carreau, though I have no experience using it. It can also provide the shear stress at wall boundaries.
However, there is no way to specify a "sinusoidal oscillation," so I don't think Caedium can yet help you.
Oscillation
Thanks for replying,
If Caedium cannot directly model the sinusoidal oscillation, can I set up a dish (containing the cornstarch) which can oscillate.
Also a direct way of calculating the complex viscosity would be to use the storage and loss modulus (G' and G``)
Rigid body motion no help
You can setup up rigid body motion in Caedium but it will not help you run a RANS Flow simulation. So you won't be able to calculate the complex viscosity either.