Abstract
This study considers both a single and multi‐mode viscoelastic analysis for wire‐coating flows. The numerical simulations utilise a finite element time‐stepping technique, a Taylor‐Petrov‐Galerkin/pressure‐correction scheme employing both coupled and decoupled procedures between stress and kinematic fields. An exponential Phan‐Thein/Tanner model is used to predict pressure‐drop and residual stress for this process. Rheometrical data fitting is performed for steady shear and pure extensional flows, considering both high and low density polyethylene melts. Simulations are conducted to match experimental pressure‐drop/flowrate data for a contraction flow. Then, for a complex industrial wire‐coating flow, stress and pressure drop are predicted numerically and quantified. The benefits are extolled of the use of a multi‐mode model that can incorporate a wide‐range discrete relaxation spectrum to represent flow response in complex settings. Contrast is made between LDPE and HDPE polymers, and dependency on individual relaxation modes is identified in its contribution to overall flow behaviour.
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