Experimental and Numerical Investigations of the Flow of Polymeric Fluids
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 2915
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multiphase flow; CFD; fuel cell modelling; flow in porous media; machine and deep learning
Interests: thermally sprayed coatings; computational fluid dynamics; fuel spray and atomization
Interests: experimental fluid dynamics; numerical methods; rheology; non-Newtonian fluids; particle-laden and multiphase flows; heat and mass transfer; applications in microfluidics and additive manufacturing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymeric fluids are ubiquitous in natural and engineering processes, including those involving biological fluids, polymer processing, inkjet printing, lubrication applications, additive manufacturing, hydraulic fracturing, lava flow, food processing, and surface coating.
The nature of the polymer and its concentration play critical roles in all these situations where flow dynamics may vary significantly. Consequently, innovative experimental measurements combined with advanced numerical modelling are essential for better understanding and optimizing a wide range of industrial processes and applications.
The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of recent developments in all areas relevant to flows of polymeric fluids with eventual fluid-structure interaction problems. We particularly welcome submissions on the measurement of stress and strain in various experimental configurations, detailed flow visualizations in macro- and microflows, advanced signal processing as well as steady and transient numerical simulations tackling instabilities that may develop because of the nature of the constitutive equations and/or the heat and mass transfer phenomena.
To summarize, this Special Issue aims to present new ideas, innovative experimental techniques, and advanced numerical methods that can be eventually coupled with big data analysis and machine learning. This integrated multidisciplinary and multiscale paradigm may then be used to address challenging real-world applications. This Special Issue will cover, but is not limited to, the following aspects of experimental and numerical investigations of polymeric fluids:
- Characterization and applications of polymers
- Coatings, surfaces, and interfaces
- Constitutive equations and implementation of advanced numerical methods
- Microfluidics in integrated devices such as customized lab-on-chip
- Current trends in the development of polymer-based composite materials and fabrication methods
- Food processing
- Organics electronics and biomaterials
- Polymer flow in porous media
- Additive manufacturing
To emphasize the significance of this Special Issue, in which selected papers will be published, we wish to share the following points with our colleagues:
- The 12th anniversary of Polymers (12 June 2021) coincides with the 101st anniversary of the milestone publication “Über Polymerisation” by Professor Hermann Staudinger, who coined the concept of “macromolecule” in 1922, essentially establishing the field of polymer science.
- According to Web of Science (WoS) bibliometrics, the new impact factor of Polymers, which will be officially announced at the end of this month, has now surpassed 4.0.
- The deadline of this Special Issue has been extended to the end of the year in order to allow ample time for all researchers to submit their work under the best conditions.
With our very best regards,
Dr. Moussa Tembely
Prof. Dr. Ali Dolatabadi
Prof. Dr. Arthur Soucemarianadin
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- polymeric fluids
- experiments, theories, and applications
- stress and strain measurements
- flow visualizations
- signal processing
- numerical simulations
- data processing
- polymer flow in porous media
- polymer rheology
- machine learning
