Numerical study on the effect of viscoelasticity on drop deformation in simple shear and 5:1:5 planar contraction/expansion microchannel

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 80-93

  Chung, Changkwon ^a   Hulsen, Martien A ^b   Kim, Ju Min ^c   Ahn, Kyung Hyun ^a   Lee, Seung Jong ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contraction expansion flow; DEVSS G; Drop deformation; Finite element method; Front tracking method; Matrix logarithm; Oldroyd B model; Shear flow; SUPG

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; CALCIUM; DEFORMATION; DROP BREAKUP; DROP FORMATION; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID MECHANICS; MICROCHANNELS; NANOFLUIDICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STEADY FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CONTRACTION/EXPANSION FLOW; DEBORAH NUMBERS; DEVSS-G; DROP DEFORMATION; DROP DEFORMATIONS; DROP DYNAMICS; DROP SHAPING; EXPANSION FLOW; FINITE ELEMENT; FRONT TRACKING METHOD; MATRIX LOGARITHM; MICRO FLUIDIC APPLICATIONS; MICRO-CHANNEL FLOWS; MICRO-FLUIDIC CHANNELS; MICROFLUIDIC FLOWS; NARROW CHANNELS; NEWTONIAN; NEWTONIAN DROPS; NORMAL STRESSES; NUMERICAL STABILITIES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OLDROYD-B MODEL; PLANAR CONTRACTION; SHEAR FLOW; SIMPLE SHEAR; SIMPLE SHEAR FLOW; SUPG; VISCO-ELASTIC FLUIDS; VISCOELASTIC DROP; VISCOELASTIC MEDIUM;

DROPS;

EID: 52749093800     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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