Influence of surface tension and inner pressure on the process of fibre drawing

Luzi G, Epple P, Scharrer M, Fujimoto Meinecke K, Rauh C, Delgado A (2010)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2010

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Publisher: Optical Society of America

Book Volume: 28

Pages Range: 1882-1888

Journal Issue: 13

URI: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5458041

DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2049251

Abstract

The present contribution deals with thermofluidynamical features occurring during the drawing of capillaries for microstructured optical fibres. Here, the process stability depends strongly on flow and thermal processes taking place as a preform is heated and drawn in the furnace. This is the case particularly for hollow fibres for which the existence of the inner hole directly depends on material parameters such as the surface tension and the rheological properties and on process parameter such as hole internal pressure and the process temperature. A fluid-mechanics model suggested in the literature that makes use of asymptotic analysis based on small aspect ratio of the micro capillaries, has been revisited and improved recently and the leading-order equations have been then examined in some asymptotic limits by Luzi et al.. Starting from the novel class of solutions of the simplified equations of motion the present paper focuses on the effect of both surface tension and internal hole pressure since those are of essential importance during drawing. Thus, comparisons with experimental data are performed, in order to validate the analytical model developed in , which will be briefly presented here. The theoretical model gives very accurate predictions both when the internal hole is pressurized or when no pressure is applied, as long as the temperature does not reach too high values. © 2006 IEEE.

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APA:

Luzi, G., Epple, P., Scharrer, M., Fujimoto Meinecke, K., Rauh, C., & Delgado, A. (2010). Influence of surface tension and inner pressure on the process of fibre drawing. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 28(13), 1882-1888. https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2010.2049251

MLA:

Luzi, Giovanni, et al. "Influence of surface tension and inner pressure on the process of fibre drawing." Journal of Lightwave Technology 28.13 (2010): 1882-1888.

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