%0 Journal Article
%T Numerical Simulation
	of Viscoelastic Fluid Flow in Stirred Vessels
%A Kolano, Markus
%A Brehmer, Manuel
%A Kraume, Matthias
%J Technical Transactions
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/2353737XCT.16.013.4977
%N Mechanics Issue 1-M (1) 2016
%P 129-140
%K viscoelasticity, White-Metzner, PIV, OpenFOAM, dynamic mesh
%@ 0011-4561
%D 2016
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/czasopismo-techniczne/article/numerical-simulation-of-viscoelastic-fluid-flow-in-stirred-vessels
%X 
	In this work, a tool for calculating viscoelastic flows with rotating geometries in OpenFOAM based on the finite-volume method is presented. The tool combines the split-stress tensor approach and viscoelastic differential constitutive equations with the sliding-mesh technique. With this tool, a CFD simulation was run for a geometry of a spherical stirrer in an aqueous solution of carboxyl cellulose. Additionally, a rheological characterisation of that solution was conducted. For validation, the simulations were compared with flow field data acquired through particle image velocimetry measurements.