Three-dimensional computations of the motion of a Newtonian drop rising through immiscible quiescent shear-thinning liquids

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 394-400

  Ohta, Mitsuhiro ^a   Yoshida, Yutaka ^a   Sussman, Mark ^b  

^a MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D computation; CLSVOF method; Drop rise motion; Shear thinning fluid

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP FORMATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; SOLUBILITY; VISCOSITY;

COUPLED LEVEL-SET/VOLUME-OF-FLUID METHOD; DROP RISE MOTION; SHEAR-THINNING FLUID;

NEWTONIAN FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP FORMATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; SOLUBILITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33645968433     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: 00219592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.39.394     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Bunner, B. and G. Tryggvason; "Effect of Bubble Deformation on the Properties of Bubbly Flows," J. Fluid Mech., 495, 77-118 (2003)
2. Grace, J. R., T. Wairegi and T. H. Nguyen; "Shapes and Velocities of Single Drops and Bubbles Moving Freely Through Immiscible Liquids," Trans. Inst. Chem. Eng., 54, 167-173 (1976)
3. Hieber, C. A. and H. H. Chiang; "Shear-Rate-Dependence Modeling of Polymer Melt Viscosity," Polym. Eng. Sci., 32, 931-938 (1992)
4. Hirt, C. W. and B. D. Nichols; "Volume of Fluid (VOF) Method for the Dynamics of Free Boundaries," J. Comput. Phys., 39, 201-225 (1981)
5. Li, J., Y. Y. Renardy and M. Renardy; "Numerical Simulation of Breakup of a Viscous Drop in Simple Shear Flow through a Volume-of-Fluid Method," Phys. Fluids, 12, 269-282 (2000)
6. Ohta, M., E. Iwasaki, E. Obata and Y. Yoshida; "A Numerical Study of the Motion of a Spherical Drop Rising in Shear-Thinning Fluid Systems," J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 116, 95-111 (2003)
7. Ohta, M., S. Haranaka, Y. Yoshida and M. Sussman; "Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulations of the Motion of a Gas Bubble Rising in Viscous Liquids," J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 37, 968-975 (2004)
8. Ohta, M., T. Imura, Y. Yoshida and M. Sussman; "A Computational Study of the Effect of Initial Bubble Conditions on the Motion of a Gas Bubble Rising in Viscous Liquids," Int. J. Multiphase Flow, 31, 223-237 (2005a)
9. Ohta, M., E. Iwasaki, E. Obata and Y. Yoshida; "Dynamic Processes in a Deformed Drop Rising through Shear-Thinning Fluids," J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 132, 100-107 (2005b)
10. Ohta, M., S. Haranaka, Y. Yoshida and M. Sussman; "Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulations of the Effect of Initial Bubble Conditions on the Motion of a Bubble Rising in Viscous Liquids," J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 38, 878-882 (2005c)
11. Puckett, E. G., A. S. Almgren, J. B. Bell, D. L. Marcus and W. J. Rider; "A High-Order Projection Method for Tracking Fluid Interfaces in Variable Density Incompressible Flows," J. Comput. Phys., 130, 269-282 (1997)
12. Sussman, M.; "A Second Order Coupled Level Set and Volume-of-Fluid Method for Computing Growth and Collapse of Vapor Bubbles," J. Comput. Phys., 187, 110-136 (2003)
13. Sussman, M. and E. G. Puckett; "A Coupled Level Set and Volume-of-Fluid Method for Computing 3D and Axisymmetric Incompressible Two-Phase Flows," J. Comput. Phys., 162, 301-337 (2000)
14. Sussman, M., P. Smereka and S. Osher; "A Level Set Approach for Computing Solutions to Incompressible Two-Phase Flow," J. Comput. Phys., 114, 146-159 (1994)
15. Sussman, M., A. S. Almgren, J. B. Bell, P. Colella, L. H. Howell and M. L. Welcome; "An Adaptive Level Set Approach for Incompressible Two-Phase Flows," J. Comput. Phys., 148, 81-124 (1999)
16. Takahira, H., T. Horiuchi and S. Banerjee; "An Improved Three-Dimensional Level Set Method for Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flows," J. Fluid. Eng. - T. ASME, 126, 578-585 (2004)
17. Yasuda, K., R. C. Armstrong, and R. E. Cohen; "Shear Flow Properties of Concentrated Solutions of Linear and Star Branched Polystyrenes," Rheol. Acta, 20, 163-178 (1981)