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Inertial migration of spherical and oblate particles in straight ducts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2017

Iman Lashgari Open the ORCID record for Iman Lashgari [Opens in a new window] ,
Mehdi Niazi Ardekani Open the ORCID record for Mehdi Niazi Ardekani [Opens in a new window] ,
Indradumna Banerjee ,
Aman Russom  and
Luca Brandt
Iman Lashgari*
Affiliation:
Linné FLOW Centre and SeRC (Swedish e-Science Research Centre), KTH Mechanics, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Mehdi Niazi Ardekani
Affiliation:
Linné FLOW Centre and SeRC (Swedish e-Science Research Centre), KTH Mechanics, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Indradumna Banerjee
Affiliation:
Division of Proteomics and Nanobiotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Aman Russom
Affiliation:
Division of Proteomics and Nanobiotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Luca Brandt
Affiliation:
Linné FLOW Centre and SeRC (Swedish e-Science Research Centre), KTH Mechanics, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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†Email address for correspondence: imanl@mech.kth.se
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Abstract

We study numerically the inertial migration of a single rigid sphere and an oblate spheroid in straight square and rectangular ducts. A highly accurate interface-resolved numerical algorithm is employed to analyse the entire migration dynamics of the oblate particle and compare it with that of the sphere. Similarly to the inertial focusing of spheres, the oblate particle reaches one of the four face-centred equilibrium positions, however they are vertically aligned with the axis of symmetry in the spanwise direction. In addition, the lateral trajectories of spheres and oblates collapse into an equilibrium manifold before ending at the equilibrium positions, with the equilibrium manifold tangential to lines of constant background shear for both sphere and oblate particles. The differences between the migration of the oblate and sphere are also presented, in particular the oblate may focus on the diagonal symmetry line of the duct cross-section, close to one of the corners, if its diameter is larger than a certain threshold. Moreover, we show that the final orientation and rotation of the oblate exhibit chaotic behaviour for Reynolds numbers beyond a critical value. Finally, we document that the lateral motion of the oblate particle is less uniform than that of the spherical particle due to its evident tumbling motion throughout the migration. In a square duct, the strong tumbling motion of the oblate in the first stage of the migration results in a lower lateral velocity and consequently longer focusing length with respect to that of the spherical particle. The opposite is true in a rectangular duct where the higher lateral velocity of the oblate in the second stage of the migration, with negligible tumbling, gives rise to shorter focusing lengths. These results can help the design of microfluidic systems for bioapplications.

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Micro-/Nano-fluid dynamics: Microfluidics Multiphase and Particle-laden Flows: Multiphase flow Multiphase and Particle-laden Flows: Particle/fluid flow
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 819 , 25 May 2017 , pp. 540 - 561
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