FLOW OF AN EMULSION DROP THROUGH A CONVERGING CHANNEL USING THE BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD

Authors

  • Lucas Hildebrand Pires da Cunha UnB
  • Eder Lima de Albuquerque UnB
  • Ivan Rosa de Siqueira PUC-RJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26512/ripe.v2i6.21468

Keywords:

Emulsion. Planar drop. Porous media. Boundary Element Method.

Abstract

The Boundary Element Method is employed to simulate the flow of a planar emulsion drop through a converging channel. The physical flow parameters allow to describe it using Stokes equations. A verification on the method accuracy and convergence is done related to the mesh and time increment refinement. The pump pressure answer, during the drop flow to keep the flow rate, is studied in relation to the capillary number, the viscosity ratio and the drop initial diameter.

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Published

2017-01-19

How to Cite

Cunha, L. H. P. da, Albuquerque, E. L. de, & Siqueira, I. R. de. (2017). FLOW OF AN EMULSION DROP THROUGH A CONVERGING CHANNEL USING THE BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD. Revista Interdisciplinar De Pesquisa Em Engenharia, 2(6), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.26512/ripe.v2i6.21468