Abstract
We investigate the inertia-driven breakup of viscous drops suspended in a less viscous liquid under simple shear. For Stokes flow, it is known that there is a critical value of the viscosity ratio, beyond which breakup does not occur. We find that for viscosity ratios larger than this, inertia can be used as a mechanism of breakup. Inertia increases the angle of tilt of the drops and effectively leads to emulsification for a wider range of viscosity ratios than in Stokes flow.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1351-1354 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physics of Fluids |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2003 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computational Mechanics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes