DYNAMICS OF DROPS AND BUBBLES IN NEWTONIAN AND VISCOELASTIC FLOWS

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Abstract

A finite element code based on the level set method is developed for simulating the motion viscoelastic free-surfaces in two-dimensions. This method is a generalization of the one described in Osher and Sethian (1988) where the free-surface problems of inviscid and viscous fluids were simulated. The code is used to study deformation of drops in simple shear and Poisuelle flows over a wide range of dimensionless capillary (Ca) and Deborah numbers (De). Simulations show that there are limiting values of these two parameters below which the drops assume steady state shapes. For values greater than these limiting values, on the other hand, there is no steady state shape and the drop continued to deform. For a Newtonian bubble rising in a quiescent viscoelastic liquid we again find that there are limiting values of the parameters De and Ca, above which the bubble assumes a characteristic shape with a cusp-like trailing edge. The numerical results show that the viscoelastic stresses near the trailing edge are extensional and act in the direction normal to the drop surface. The front of the bubble however remains round as the local viscoelastic and viscous stresses act to round the bubble. These results are in good agreement with the experimental results.

Identifier

85122681867 (Scopus)

ISBN

[9780791816615]

Publication Title

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition Proceedings Imece

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-1227

First Page

169

Last Page

174

Volume

1999-N

Grant

NSF/CTS-98-73236

Fund Ref

National Science Foundation

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