Bingham-plastics

Numerous examples of polymer flow models based on generalized Newtonian behaviour are found in non-Newtonian fluid mechanics literature. Using experimental evidence the time-independent generalized Newtonian fluids are divided into three groups. These are Bingham plastics, pseudoplastic fluids and dilatant fluids. 

Bingham plastics are fluids which remain rigid under the application of shear stresses less than a yield stress, Ty, but flow like a. simple Newtonian fluid once the applied shear exceeds this value. Different constitutive models representing this type of fluids were developed by Herschel and Bulkley (1926), Oldroyd (1947) and Casson (1959). 

Bingham plastic Bingham plastic body BINSERT... 

One simple rheological model that is often used to describe the behavior of foams is that of a Bingham plastic. This appHes for flows over length scales sufficiently large that the foam can be reasonably considered as a continuous medium. The Bingham plastic model combines the properties of a yield stress like that of a soHd with the viscous flow of a Hquid. In simple Newtonian fluids, the shear stress T is proportional to the strain rate y, with the constant of proportionaHty being the fluid viscosity. In Bingham plastics, by contrast, the relation between stress and strain rate is r = where is... 

A wide variety of nonnewtonian fluids are encountered industrially. They may exhibit Bingham-plastic, pseudoplastic, or dilatant behavior and may or may not be thixotropic. For design of equipment to handle or process nonnewtonian fluids, the properties must usually be measured experimentally, since no generahzed relationships exist to pi e-dicl the properties or behavior of the fluids. Details of handling nonnewtonian fluids are described completely by Skelland (Non-Newtonian Flow and Heat Transfer, Wiley, New York, 1967). The generalized shear-stress rate-of-strain relationship for nonnewtonian fluids is given as... 

Non-Newtonian Flow For isothermal laminar flow of time-independent non-Newtonian hquids, integration of the Cauchy momentum equations yields the fully developed velocity profile and flow rate-pressure drop relations. For the Bingham plastic flmd described by Eq. (6-3), in a pipe of diameter D and a pressure drop per unit length AP/L, the flow rate is given by... 

The transition to turbulent flow begins at Re R in the range of 2,000 to 2,500 (Metzuer and Reed, AIChE J., 1, 434 [1955]). For Bingham plastic materials, K and n must be evaluated for the condition in question in order to determine Re R and establish whether the flow is laminar. An alternative method for Bingham plastics is by Hanks (Hanks, AIChE J., 9, 306 [1963] 14, 691 [1968] Hanks and Pratt, Soc. Petrol. Engrs. J., 7, 342 [1967] and Govier and Aziz, pp. 213-215). The transition from laminar to turbulent flow is influenced by viscoelastic properties (Metzuer and Park, J. Fluid Mech., 20, 291 [1964]) with the critical value of Re R increased to beyond 10,000 for some materials. 

Flow of Bingham plastics Pulsating gas flow Compressible flow... 

L Characteristic length m R.. Infinite shear viscosity (Bingham plastics) Pa s... 

Power consumption for impellers in pseudoplastic, Bingham plastic, and dilatant nonnewtonian fluids may be calculated by using the correlating lines of Fig. 18-17 if viscosity is obtained from viscosity-shear rate cuiwes as described here. For a pseudoplastic fluid, viscosity decreases as shear rate increases. A Bingham plastic is similar to a pseudoplastic fluid but requires that a minimum shear stress be exceeded for any flow to occur. For a dilatant fluid, viscosity increases as shear rate increases. 

If linear, the plastic is known as a Bingham plastic, a typical case being sewage sludge. 

Bingham-plastic slurries require a shear stress diagram showing shear rate vs. shear stress for the slurry in order to determine the coefficient of rigidity, T], which is the slope of the plot at a particular concentration. This is laboratory data requiring a rheometer. These are usually fine solids at high concentrations. 

For Newtonian fluids the dynamic viscosity is constant (Equation 2-57), for power-law fluids the dynamic viscosity varies with shear rate (Equation 2-58), and for Bingham plastic fluids flow occurs only after some minimum shear stress, called the yield stress, is imposed (Equation 2-59). 

Figure 4-185. Shear stress-shear rate diagram, (a) Newtonian fluid, (b) Bingham plastic fluid, (c) Power iaw fiuid. (d) Herschei-Buckiey fiuid.

Drilling and Well Completions Bingham plastic fluid dv... 

For a Bingham plastic fluid flow in a circular pipe and annular space, the effective viscosities are given as [61]. 

For pipe flow of Bingham plastic type drilling fluid, the following can be used ... 

For annular flow of Bingham plastic and Power law fluids, respectively, PpLv T L... 

The critical velocities for the Bingham plastic and Power law fluids can be calculated as follows ... 

The simplest type of behaviour for a fluid exhibiting a yield stress is known as Bingham-plastic. The shear rale is directly proportional to the amount by which the stress exceeds the yield stress. 

Because it is very difficult to measure the flow characteristics of a material at very low shear rates, behaviour at zero shear rate can often only be assessed by extrapolation of experimental data obtained over a limited range of shear rates. This extrapolation can be difficult, if not impossible. From Example 3.10 in Section 3.4.7, it can be seen that it is sometimes possible to approximate the behaviour of a fluid over the range of shear rates for which experimental results are available, either by a power-law or by a Bingham-plastic equation. 

Thus, equation 3.127, which includes three parameters, is effectively a combination of equations 3.121 and 3.125. It is sometimes called the generalised Bingham equation or Herschel -Bulkley equation, and the fluids are sometimes referred to as having/n/re body. Figures 3.30 and 3.31 show shear stress and apparent viscosity, respectively, for Bingham plastic and false body fluids, using linear coordinates. 

Figure 3.30. Shear stress-shear rate data for Bingham-plastic and false-body fluids using linear scale axes...

Figure 3.32. (a) Shear stress distribution in pipe (b) Velocity profile for Bingham plastic fluid in pipe... 

As in the case of Newtonian fluids, one of the most important practical problems involving non-Newtonian fluids is the calculation of the pressure drop for flow in pipelines. The flow is much more likely to be streamline, or laminar, because non-Newtonian fluids usually have very much higher apparent viscosities than most simple Newtonian fluids. Furthermore, the difference in behaviour is much greater for laminar flow where viscosity plays such an important role than for turbulent flow. Attention will initially be focused on laminar-flow, with particular reference to the flow of power-law and Bingham-plastic fluids. 

For the flow of a Bingham-plastic fluid, the cross-section may be considered in two parts, as shown in Figure 3.32 ... 

The rheological properties of a particular suspension may be approximated reasonably well by either a power-law or a Bingham-plastic model over the shear rate range of 10 to 50 s. If the consistency coefficient k is 10 N s, /m-2 and the flow behaviour index n is 0.2 in the power law model, what will be the approximate values of the yield stress and of the plastic viscosity in the Bingham-plastic model ... 

What will be the pressure drop, when the suspension is flowing under laminar conditions in a pipe 200 m long and 40 mm diameter, when the centre line velocity is 1 m/s, according to the power-law model Calculate the centre-line velocity for this pressure drop for the Bingham-plastic model. 

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