Oblique two-fluid stagnation-point flow (Q1285993)

The authors study the impingement of two viscous, immiscible, oblique stagnation flows forming a flat interface. The two-dimensional motion of fluids is characterized by densities \(\rho_1\) and \(\rho_2\), by viscosities \(\mu_1\) and \(\mu_2\), and by asymptotic angles \(\vartheta_1\) and \(\vartheta_2\) of incident streamlines in each fluid layer. Because the authors consider the non-dimensional equations of the motion, the parameters entering the problem are \(\rho= \rho_1/\rho_2\), \(\mu= \mu_1/\mu_2\), and \(R= \text{tg }\theta_1/\text{tg }\theta_2\). The boundary value problem is to find the solution of the system of equations \(\nabla u^{(1)}= 0\), \(\partial u^{(1)}/\partial t= -(1/\rho) \nabla p^{(1)}+ (\mu/\rho) \nabla^2 u^{(1)}\), \(\nabla u^{(2)}= 0\), \(\partial u^{(2)}/\partial t= -\nabla p^{(2)}+ \nabla^2 u^{(2)}\), satisfying the continuity of the streamfunction, the continuity of the tangential velocity, and the continuity of horizontal and normal stresses at the horizontal interface. In the above equations \(u^{(1)}\), \(u^{(2)}\) are velocity fields in the two impinging fluids, and \(p^{(1)}\), \(p^{(2)}\) are the corresponding reduced pressures. For \(\rho>1\), the authors consider the static equilibrium, \(0< \theta_2\leq \pi/2\). For \(\rho=1\) the authors give exact solutions, and for \(\rho\neq 1\), numerical solutions. The results are applied to different particular cases.