Em. Toose et al., A 2D boundary element method for simulating the deformation of axisymmetric compound non-Newtonian drops, INT J NUM F, 30(6), 1999, pp. 653-674
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanical Engineering
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS
The boundary integral formulation of the solution to the Stokes equations i
s used to describe the deformation of small compound non-Newtonian axisymme
tric drops suspended in a Newtonian fluid that is subjected to an axisymmet
ric flow field. The non-Newtonian stress is treated as a source term in the
Stokes equations, which yields an extra integral over the domains containi
ng non-Newtonian material. By transforming the integral representation for
the velocity to cylindrical co-ordinates and performing the integration ove
r the azimuthal direction analytically, the dimension of the problem can be
reduced from three to two. A boundary element method for the remaining two
-dimensional problem aimed at the simulation of the deformation of such axi
symmetric compound non-Newtonian drops is developed. Apart from a numerical
validation of the method, simulation results for a drop consisting of an O
ldroyd-B fluid and a viscoelastic material are presented. Moreover, the met
hod is extended to compound drops that are composed of a viscous inner core
encapsulated by a viscoelastic material. The simulation results for these
drops are verified against theoretical results from literature. Moreover, i
t is shown that the method can be used to identify the dominant break-up me
chanism of compound drops in relation to the specific non-Newtonian charact
er of the membrane. Copyright (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.