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Slow viscous flow of two porous spherical particles translating along the axis of a cylinder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 December 2018

Xin Yao ,
Chyi Huey Ng ,
Jia Rui Amanda Teo ,
Marcos Open the ORCID record for Marcos [Opens in a new window]  and
Teck Neng Wong Open the ORCID record for Teck Neng Wong [Opens in a new window]
Xin Yao
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Chyi Huey Ng
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Jia Rui Amanda Teo
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Marcos
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Teck Neng Wong
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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Abstract

We describe the motion of two freely moving porous spherical particles located along the axis of a cylindrical tube with background Poiseuille flow at low Reynolds number. The stream function and a framework based on cylindrical harmonics are adopted to solve the flow field around the particles and the flow within the tube, respectively. The two solutions are employed in an iterated framework using the method of reflections. We first consider the case of two identical particles, followed by two particles with different dimensions. In both cases, the drag force coefficients of the particles are solved as functions of the separation distance between the particles and the permeability of the particles. The detailed flow field in the vicinity of the two particles is investigated by plotting the streamlines and velocity contours. We find that the particle–particle interaction is dependent on the separation distance, particle sizes and permeability of the particles. Our analysis reveals that when the permeability of the particles is large, the streamlines are more parallel and the particle–particle interaction has less effect on the particle motion. We further show that a smaller permeability and bigger particle size generally tend to squeeze the streamlines and velocity contour towards the wall.

JFM classification

Low-Reynolds-number flows: Low-Reynolds-number flows Low-Reynolds-number flows: Porous media Multiphase and Particle-laden Flows: Particle/fluid flow
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 861 , 25 February 2019 , pp. 643 - 678
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© 2018 Cambridge University Press 

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