Dynamics of Small Particle Inertial Migration in Curved Square Ducts

DOI10.1137/21M1430935MaRDI QIDQ5070197zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 11 April 2022

Published in SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.05645

zbMATH Keywords

attracting limit cycleinertial lift forcemicrofluidicsspherical particlevortex dragzero level fit model

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Suspensions (76T20)

Abstract: Microchannels are well-known in microfluidic applications for the control and separation of microdroplets and cells. Often the objects in the flow experience inertial effects, resulting in dynamics that is a departure from the underlying channel flow dynamics. This paper considers small neutrally buoyant spherical particles suspended in flow through a curved duct having a square cross-section. The particle experiences a combination of inertial lift force induced by the disturbance from the primary flow along the duct, and drag from the secondary vortices in the cross-section, which drive migration of the particle within the cross-section. We construct a simplified model that preserves the core topology of the force field yet depends on a single parameter $kappa$, quantifying the relative strength of the two forces. We show that $kappa$ is a bifurcation parameter for the dynamical system that describes motion of the particle in the cross section of the duct. At large values of $kappa$ there exists an attracting limit cycle, in each of the upper and lower halves of the duct. At small $kappa$ we find that particles migrate to one of four stable foci. Between these extremes, there is an intermediate-range of $kappa$ for which all particles migrate to a single stable focus. Noting that the positions of the limit cycles and foci vary with the value of $kappa$, this behavior indicates that, for a suitable particle mixture, duct bend radius might be chosen to segregate particles by size. We evaluate the time and axial distance required to focus particles near the unique stable node, which determines the duct length required for particle segregation.

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