Different regimes of the uniaxial elongation of electrically charged viscoelastic jets due to dissipative air drag
- Author(s)
- Marco Lauricella, Giuseppe Pontrelli, Ivan Coluzza, Dario Pisignano, Sauro Succi
- Abstract
We investigate the effects of dissipative air drag on the dynamics of electrified jets in the initial stage of the electrospinning process. The main idea is to use a Brownian noise to model air drag effects on the uniaxial elongation of the jets. The developed numerical model is used to probe the dynamics of electrified polymer jets at different conditions of air drag force, showing that the dynamics of the charged jet is strongly biased by the presence of air drag forces. This study provides prospective beneficial implications for improving forthcoming electrospinning experiments.
- Organisation(s)
- Computational and Soft Matter Physics
- External organisation(s)
- Institute of Genetics and Biophysics "Adriano Buzzati-Traverso", CNR, Università del Salento
- Journal
- Mechanics research communications
- Volume
- 69
- Pages
- 97-102
- No. of pages
- 6
- ISSN
- 0093-6413
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechrescom.2015.06.014
- Publication date
- 10-2015
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 106006 Biophysics, 103036 Theoretical physics, 103023 Polymer physics, 103029 Statistical physics
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, General Materials Science, Civil and Structural Engineering
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/d74529ee-1748-4974-9651-1aa12d70f639