OSCILLATORY SQUEEZE FLOW OF ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUID WITH TRANSITIONAL ELECTRIC FIELD

Abstract

The oscillatory squeeze flow of electrorheological (ER) fluid between two parallel discal electrode with transitional electric field is studied numerically in this paper. The ER fluid is modeled as Bingham-like fluid with the continuous modification model proposed by Papanastasiou. The numerical solutions based on the Navier-Stokes equations are presented by using the finite volume methods on the deforming grid. The force transmitted across the fluid under dc and ac electric fields are calculated. The effects of the electric field frequency and the phase difference between the ac electric field and mechanical oscillation are studied. The magnitude and the shape of the transmitted forces is shown to be not only a function of the applied voltage and the mechanical frequency but also the phase difference.