Confinements regulate capillary instabilities of fluid threads

DOI10.1017/JFM.2019.426zbMATH Open1419.76194arXiv1902.06983OpenAlexW3105565236MaRDI QIDQ5229692FDOQ5229692

Authors: Xiaodong Chen, Chundong Xue, Gongqing Hu 

Publication date: 19 August 2019

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

Abstract: We study the breakup of confined fluid threads at low flow rates to understand instability mechanisms. To determine the critical conditions between the earlier quasi-stable necking stage and the later unstable collapse stage, simulations and experiments are designed to operate at an extremely low flow rate. Critical mean radii at neck centres are identified by the stop-flow method for elementary microfluidic configurations. Analytical investigations reveal two distinct origins of capillary instabilities. One is the gradient of capillary pressure induced by the confinements of geometry and external flow, whereas the other is the competition between local capillary pressure and internal pressure determined by the confinements.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.06983

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zbMATH Keywords

microfluidicsmultiphase flowbreakup/coalescence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid-gas two-phase flows, bubbly flows (76T10) Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible viscous fluids (76D45)

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• Capillary threads and viscous droplets in square microchannels
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Uses Software

• Gerris
• PovRay
• Surface Evolver

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