Abstract
Peristaltic pump is an important transport device which is widely used in industries involving pharmaceutical, petrochemical, biomedical, and food processing. For designed and/or optimized purpose, it is necessary to have a thorough understanding the mechanism of its dynamics. For this purpose, both numerical and experimental investigations have been performed in this paper. In the numerical study, a numerical model concerning two-way Fluid-structure Interaction (FSI) phenomenon is developed, where the Mooney-Rivlin hyper-elasticity model and dynamic mesh technique are employed to simulate a complete operating period of a peristaltic pump. For model verification, a series of experimental tests are performed and the results of the simulation and the tests were compared, which showed a good agreement. With the validated model, a detailed velocity and pressure distribution of a working period of the peristaltic pump is obtained, the mass flow rate is analyzed to illustrate the mechanism of the flow fluctuations.
