Modélisation du fonctionnement d’un nouveau type de mélangeur : simulation des écoulements, validation sur des systèmes modèles et optimisation du procédé

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The blending of two polymers has been the subject of fairly extensive studies. This topic directly concerns the polymer processing industry which is constantly looking for new methods to obtain materials with improved properties. These material are generally obtained by liquid-liquid mixing and induced properties are dependent on the microstructure whose length scale is much smaller than the one associated with the macroscopic flow. The usual mixing equipments, such as internal mixers or extruders, mainly generate shear flows and their efficiency is limited whereas tools based on elongational flows are assumed to be more efficient for dispersive mixing. In this context, we developed a new type of mixer (later called RMX) based on a convergent/divergent flow unit which favours the elongational component of the flow. In this study, physical effects create by this new mixing device will be obtained in some experiments and numerical simulations for creeping flow of Newtonian - of low and hi

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