A computer simulation study of multiphase squeezing flows
A computer simulation study of multiphase squeezing flows
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多相挤压流的计算机模拟研究
DOI:
10.1063/1.1461372
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发表时间:
2002
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
A. Ladd
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作者:
Jonghoon Lee;A. Ladd
The rheology of dense colloidal suspensions is sensitive to modifications in the surface properties of the particles. We are using lattice Boltzmann simulations to investigate the effects of polymer coatings on the squeezing flow between parallel plates. In this study, we used random arrays of stationary and mobile particles as the simplest models of the polymer coat. We have calculated the flow field in the gap and the force between the plates, and have compared the simulation results with analytic solutions based on the Stokes and Brinkman equations. Our models span the limiting characteristics of a polymer coated layer; namely a viscous suspension and a porous medium. We find good agreement between simulations and analytic solutions, even when the coat thickness is only a few Brinkman screening lengths.