Inertial migration of a sphere in plane Couette flow

DOI10.1017/JFM.2023.975arXiv2211.01414OpenAlexW4389940128MaRDI QIDQ6184945FDOQ6184945

Authors: Prateek Anand, Ganesh Subramanian 

Publication date: 5 January 2024

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

Abstract: We study the inertial migration of a torque-free neutrally buoyant sphere in wall-bounded plane Couette flow over a wide range of channel Reynolds numbers, $R{e}_c$, in the limit of small particle Reynolds number,($R{e}_{p}ll1$) and confinement ratio,($lambdall1$). Here, $R{e}_c=V_{e}xtwallH/u$ where $H$ denotes the separation between the channel walls, $V_{e}xtwall$ denotes the speed of the moving wall, and $u$ is the kinematic viscosity of the Newtonian suspending fluid; $lambda=a/H$, $a$ being the sphere radius, with $R{e}_p=lambd{a}^{2}R{e}_c$. The channel centerline is found to be the only (stable),equilibrium below a critical $R{e}_c,(approx148)$, consistent with the predictions of earlier small-$R{e}_c$ analyses. A supercritical pitchfork bifurcation at the critical $R{e}_c$ creates a pair of stable off-center equilibria, symmetrically located with respect to the centerline, with the original centerline equilibrium simultaneously becoming unstable. The new equilibria migrate wallward with increasing $R{e}_c$. In contrast to the inference based on recent computations, the aforementioned bifurcation occurs for arbitrarily small $R{e}_p$ provided $lambda$ is sufficiently small. An analogous bifurcation occurs in the two-dimensional scenario, that is, for a circular cylinder suspended freely in plane Couette flow, with the critical $R{e}_c$ being approximately $110$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.01414

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zbMATH Keywords

microfluidicssuspensionsStokesian dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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