Deformation of a compound droplet in a wavy constricted channel

Controlling and adjusting the size and shape of compound droplets is of increasing interest in manufacturing applications using microfluidic channels of complicated geometry. Using numerical simulation in the evolution of computer science with the ability to expand the scope of research and optimize...

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Published in:Journal of mechanical science and technology 2023, 37(1), , pp.191-202
Main Authors: Vu, Hung V., Vu, Truong V., Pham, Binh D., Nguyen, Hoe D., Nguyen, Vinh T., Phan, Hoa T., Nguyen, Cuong T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Breakup
Capillary tubes
Control
Deformation
Droplets
Dynamical Systems
Engineering
Fluid flow
Industrial and Production Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Microfluidics
Original Article
Reynolds number
Simulation
Vibration
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Summary:Controlling and adjusting the size and shape of compound droplets is of increasing interest in manufacturing applications using microfluidic channels of complicated geometry. Using numerical simulation in the evolution of computer science with the ability to expand the scope of research and optimize costs is a current research trend. We here provide a numerical simulation analysis of the dynamics of a compound droplet travelling in a circular and sinusoidal-wave tube. The simulations were performed with variations of the Reynolds number, capillary number, droplet size, and channel geometry. It follows that the capillary number strongly impacts the dynamics of the droplet, and the alternation of breakup and finite deformation modes. The deformation increases and the droplet is stretched along the centerline of the channel as the Reynolds number increases. Increasing the length of the wavy region makes the droplet more deformed and enhance its breakup. Regime diagrams based on some of these parameters are also plotted.
ISSN:1738-494X
1976-3824
DOI:10.1007/s12206-022-1220-5