A volume-of-fluid formulation for the study of co-flowing fluids governed by the Hele-Shaw equations

DOI10.1063/1.4817374MaRDI QIDQ2945302zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Shahriar Afkhami, Y. Renardy

Publication date 9 September 2015

Published in Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.6629, http://hdl.handle.net/10919/24386

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage (76S05)

Abstract: We present a computational framework to address the flow of two immiscible viscous liquids which co-flow into a shallow rectangular container at one side, and flow out into a holding container at the opposite side. Assumptions based on the shallow depth of the domain are used to reduce the governing equations to one of Hele-Shaw type. The distinctive feature of the numerical method is the accurate modeling of the capillary effects. A continuum approach coupled with a volume-of-fluid formulation for computing the interface motion and for modeling the interfacial tension in Hele-Shaw flows is formulated and implemented. The interface is reconstructed with a height-function algorithm. The combination of these algorithms is a novel development for the investigation of Hele-Shaw flows. The order of accuracy and convergence properties of the method are discussed with benchmark simulations. A microfluidic flow of a ribbon of fluid which co-flows with a second liquid is simulated. We show that for small capillary numbers of O(0.01), there is an abrupt change in interface curvature and focusing occurs close to the exit.

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