Sedimentation of a surfactant-laden drop under the influence of an electric field

DOI10.1017/JFM.2018.415zbMATH Open1415.76659arXiv1801.06317OpenAlexW3101880984WikidataQ129683895 ScholiaQ129683895MaRDI QIDQ4582985FDOQ4582985

Authors: Antarip Poddar, Shubhadeep Mandal, Aditya Bandopadhyay, Suman Chakraborty 

Publication date: 27 August 2018

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The sedimentation of a surfactant-laden deformable viscous drop acted upon by an electric field is considered theoretically. The convection of surfactants in conjunction with the the combined effect electrohydrodynamic flow and sedimentation leads to a locally varying surface tension, which subsequently alters the drop dynamics via the interplay of Marangoni, Maxwell and hydrodynamic stresses. Assuming small capillary number and small electric Reynolds number, we employ a regular perturbation technique to solve the coupled system of governing equations. It is shown that when a leaky dielectric drop is sedimenting in another leaky dielectric fluid, Marangoni stress can oppose the electrohydrodynamic motion severely, thereby causing corresponding changes in internal flow pattern. Such effects further result in retardation of drop settling velocity, which would have otherwise increased due to the influence of charge convection. For highly mobile surfactants (high Peclet number limit), the drop surface becomes immobilized and the charge convection effect gets completely eliminated. For non-spherical drop shapes, the effect of Marangoni stress is overcome by the 'tip stretching' effect on the flow field. As a result, the drop deformation gets intensified with increment in sensitivity of surface tension to the local surfactant concentration. Consequently, for oblate type of deformation the elevated drag force causes further reduction in velocity. Owing to similar reasons, prolate drops experience lesser drag and settles faster than the surfactant-free case. In addition to this, with increased sensitivity of interfacial tension on the surfactant concentration, the asymmetric deformation about the equator gets suppressed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.06317

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zbMATH Keywords

drops and bubbles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid-gas two-phase flows, bubbly flows (76T10) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05)

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