
Numerical analysis of the electrospinning process for fabrication of composite fibers
Author(s) -
Adnan Ahmed,
Lan Xu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
thermal science/thermal science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.339
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 2334-7163
pISSN - 0354-9836
DOI - 10.2298/tsci2004377a
Subject(s) - electrospinning , fabrication , materials science , composite number , composite material , fiber , jet (fluid) , process (computing) , polymer , mechanics , computer science , physics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , operating system
An electrospun composite fiber process is a multi-phase and multi-physics process. It was very difficult to study a charged jet in the electrospinning process for the fabrication of composite fibers by experiments. In this study, the liquid-solid two-phase flow in the electrospinning process for fabrication of composite fibers was researched numerically. The results showed the addition of conductive nanoparticles resulted in the increase of the jet flow velocity, and the decrease of the fiber?s diameter. The CFD results corresponded well with the experimental data.