Impact of a spherical interface on a concentrical spherical droplet

Autor: Ahmed G. Salem, Turki D. Alharbi, Abdulaziz H. Alharbi, Anwar Ali Aldhafeeri
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: AIMS Mathematics, Vol 9, Iss 10, Pp 28400-28420 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2473-6988
DOI: 10.3934/math.20241378?viewType=HTML
Popis: In this paper, an analytical and numerical technique are examined in order to analyse the Stokes flow determination problem due to a viscous sphere droplet moving at a concentric instantaneous position inside a spherical interface separating finite and semi-infinite immiscible fluid phases. Here, when only one of the three phases of the fluid (micropolar fluid) has a microstructure, attention is focused on this case. The motion is considered when Reynolds- and capillary-numbers are low, and the droplet surface and the fluid-fluid interface have insignificant deformation. A general solution is obtained in a spherical coordinate system based on a concentric position to analyse the slow axisymmetric movement of the micropolar fluid, considering microrotation and velocity components. Boundary conditions are initially fulfilled at the fluid-fluid interface and subsequently at the droplet surface. The normalised hydrodynamic drag force applying to a moving viscous droplet appears to be a function of the droplet-to-interface radius ratio, which increases monotonically and becomes unbounded when the droplet surface touches the fluid-fluid interface. The numerical outcomes of the normalised drag force acting on the viscous droplet are derived for different values of the parameters, and are presented in a tabular and graphical framework. A comparison was made between our numerical outcomes for the drag force and the pertinent data for the special cases found in the literature.
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