[HTML][HTML] A fluid-structure interaction method for soft particle transport in curved microchannels

D De Marinis, A Mantegazza, A Coclite… - Computer Methods in …, 2024 - Elsevier
A numerical framework is presented to predict the transport of soft elastic capsules
immersed in an incompressible fluid with the aim of simulating inertial microfluidics …

Numerical investigation of heterogeneous soft particle pairs in inertial microfluidics

B Owen, K Thota, T Krüger - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of pairs of particles or cells of different types in microfluidic channels can be
desired or detrimental in healthcare applications. It is still unclear what role softness …

Droplet dynamics in homogeneous isotropic turbulence with the immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann method

D Taglienti, F Guglietta, M Sbragaglia - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
We develop a numerical method for simulating the dynamics of a droplet immersed in a
generic time-dependent velocity gradient field. This approach is grounded on the hybrid …

Self-ordering and organization of a staggered oblate particle pair in three-dimensional square ducts

Y Li, C Shao, L Huang, R Wang, H Liang - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We numerically investigate the formation and ordering of staggered oblate particle pairs in
three-dimensional straight ducts with a square cross section. The lattice Boltzmann method …

Analytical prediction for the steady-state behavior of a confined drop with interface viscosity under shear flow

F Guglietta, F Pelusi - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
The steady-state behavior of a single drop under shear flow has been extensively
investigated in the limit of small deformation and negligible inertia effects. In this work, we …

Pairwise interaction of spherical particles aligned in high-frequency oscillatory flow

F Kleischmann, P Luzzatto-Fegiz, E Meiburg… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
We present a systematic simulation campaign to investigate the pairwise interaction of two
mobile, monodisperse particles submerged in a viscous fluid and subjected to …

Bifurcate migration of neutrally buoyant particles in unilateral slippery channel flows

S Tao, X Zhang, W Wang, L Wang, Q He, Y Lin - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
As an important technique for manipulating particles in fluid–solid channel flows, inertial
focusing encourages the design of the channel geometry to enhance particle radial …

On the coupling of immersed boundary and lattice Boltzmann method to study the dynamic behavior of a magnetic particle around an actuating magnetic disk in a fluid …

H Gerivani, M Nazari, R Abedini-Nassab - Journal of Magnetism and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The capability and accuracy of the immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method (IB-LBM)
for simulating a precise manipulation of an individual magnetic bead on the edge of a …

Motion and deformation of capsules flowing through a corner in the inertial and non-inertial regimes

DP Huet, A Morente, G Gai, A Wachs - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
We investigate the inertial and non-inertial dynamics of three-dimensional elastic capsules
flowing through a square channel presenting a sharp corner. Our study analyzes the …

A numerical modeling study on the impact of particle concentration on the particle sorting in spiral channels

AD Van, VS Pham - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This work investigates the influence of concentration on the separation of microparticles in
spiral microchannels. Using numerical modeling, we study the impact of the particle …