Multiparticle collision dynamics modeling of viscoelastic fluids

Tao, Y.-G.; Götze, I.O.; Gompper, G.

doi:10.1063/1.2850082

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Multiparticle collision dynamics modeling of viscoelastic fluids

Tao, Y.-G.FZJ* ; Götze, I. O.FZJ* ; Gompper, G.FZJ*

2008
American Institute of Physics Melville, NY

The journal of chemical physics 128, 144902-1 - 144902-12 (2008) [10.1063/1.2850082]

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Abstract: In order to investigate the rheological properties of viscoelastic fluids by mesoscopic hydrodynamics methods, we develop a multiparticle collision (MPC) dynamics model for a fluid of harmonic dumbbells. The algorithm consists of alternating streaming and collision steps. The advantage of the harmonic interactions is that the integration of the equations of motion in the streaming step can be performed analytically. Therefore, the algorithm is computationally as efficient as the original MPC algorithm for Newtonian fluids. The collision step is the same as in the original MPC method. All particles are confined between two solid walls moving oppositely, so that both steady and oscillatory shear flows can be investigated. Attractive wall potentials are applied to obtain a nearly uniform density everywhere in the simulation box. We find that both in steady and oscillatory shear flows, a boundary layer develops near the wall, with a higher velocity gradient than in the bulk. The thickness of this layer is proportional to the average dumbbell size. We determine the zero-shear viscosities as a function of the spring constant of the dumbbells and the mean free path. For very high shear rates, a very weak "shear thickening" behavior is observed. Moreover, storage and loss moduli are calculated in oscillatory shear, which show that the viscoelastic properties at low and moderate frequencies are consistent with a Maxwell fluid behavior. We compare our results with a kinetic theory of dumbbells in solution, and generally find good agreement.

Keyword(s): Colloids: chemistry (MeSH) ; Computer Simulation (MeSH) ; Elasticity (MeSH) ; Microfluidics: methods (MeSH) ; Models, Chemical (MeSH) ; Models, Molecular (MeSH) ; Molecular Conformation (MeSH) ; Shear Strength (MeSH) ; Viscosity (MeSH) ; Colloids ; J