Dynamics of Thread Movement in Turbulent
Flow FieldJames HallendorffSuman Sinha RayAlexander L. Yarin
Investigate instability mechanism in melt blowing
Motivation
Used to measure Lagrangian motion
Initial setup
Lagrangian Results
Lagrangian Results
Eulerian Behavior
Fast Fourier Transform
Eulerian Results
FFT Results
Harmonics Many harmonics, few that make a difference
Is This Chaotic??
Determine correlation between string length and snapping length or air velocity and snapping length
Snapping Point
Gravity causes artificial snapping point-makes unreliable results
New setup
Snapping point error
Vertical Setup
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30 Bar String Length vs. Snap Length
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String Length
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Width to Length Ratio
Using a fixed-length criteria skews results Compare ratios of width to snapping length
Revised Measurement Strategy
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Calculated RatioJudgment Ratio
String Length
Ratio
Use the frequencies found in the FFT to augment theoretical model
Analyze the movement of the string in a vertical position
Use polymer solution to simulate melt blowing and to compare it to the thread movement model
Future Work
Conclusion: 2 months is not enough
"MELT BLOWN TECHNOLOGY." UT Knoxville | College of Engineering. Web. 16 July 2009. <http://www.engr.utk.edu/mse/pages/Textiles/Melt%20Blown%20Technology.htm>.
EEC-NSF Grant #0755115 Dr. Takoudis Dr. Jursich Qian Tao
Acknowledgements