Shear-Induced Migration of Rigid Particles near an Interface between a Newtonian and a Viscoelastic Fluid.

ABSTRACT: Simulations of rigid particles suspended in two-phase shear flow are presented, where one of the suspending fluids is viscoelastic, whereas the other is Newtonian. The Cahn-Hilliard diffuse-interface model is employed for the fluid-fluid interface, which can naturally describe the interactions between the particle and the interface (e.g., particle adsorption). It is shown that particles can migrate across streamlines of the base flow, which is due to the surface tension of the fluid-fluid interface and a difference in normal stresses between the two fluids. The particle is initially located in the viscoelastic fluid, and its migration is investigated in terms of the Weissenberg number Wi (shear rate times relaxation time) and capillary number Ca (viscous stress over capillary stress). Four

SUBMITTER: Jaensson NO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5997405 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature