Flow-switching and mixing phenomena in electroosmotic flows of viscoelastic fluids

MB Khan, F Hamid, N Ali, V Mehandia, C Sasmal - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The present study uses numerical simulations and experiments to investigate the
electroosmotic flows of viscoelastic fluids through a microchannel containing a cylindrical …

An enriched finite element/level-set model for two-phase electrohydrodynamic simulations

C Narváez-Muñoz, MR Hashemi, PB Ryzhakov… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, a numerical model for the simulation of two-phase electrohydrodynamic (EHD)
problems is proposed. It is characterized by a physically consistent treatment of surface …

Computational ElectroHydroDynamics in microsystems: A Review of Challenges and Applications

C Narváez-Muñoz, AR Hashemi, MR Hashemi… - … Methods in Engineering, 2024 - Springer
The principle of electrohydrodynamics (EHD) processes relies on manipulating fluids using
electric forces. The advantage of EHD over other fluid manipulation approaches, such as …

Coupling of smoothed particle hydrodynamics and finite volume method for electrohydrodynamic droplet deformation simulation

Y Zhao, L Huo, W Xu, H Zhu - Computers & Fluids, 2024 - Elsevier
In the numerical simulation of droplet electrohydrodynamic deformation, the grid-based
method is difficult to handle the large topological deformation of the droplet interface, while …

Electrohydrodynamic effects on the bubble ascent in quiescent liquid using charge conservation approach

D Patel, S Vengadesan - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The current study investigates bubble ascent under the influence of an applied electric field.
To accomplish this, an electrohydrodynamic solver is developed and integrated with the …

Numerical simulation of drop deformation under simple shear flow of Giesekus fluids by SPH

Z Moinfar, S Vahabi, M Vahabi - … of Numerical Methods for Heat & …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the shear-thinning
viscoelastic behavior of the surrounding matrix on droplet deformation by weakly …

Numerical characterization of transient electrohydrodynamic deformation and coalescence of single-core double emulsion droplets by AC field dielectrophoresis

W Liu, Y Tao, Y Li, Z Ge, Q Wu, Y Ren - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Considering its good biocompatibility, the water-in-oil-in-water type compound double
emulsion (DE) droplet serves as an ideal microreaction vessel upon their on-demand electro …

A numerical investigation of the energy efficiency enhancement of oscillating water column wave energy converter systems

S Ramezanzadeh, M Ozbulut, M Yildiz - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work focuses on the geometry effects over the performance of oscillating water column
(OWC)-type wave energy converter (WEC) systems and searches for the OWC geometries …

Breakup of a leaky dielectric droplet in a half-sinusoidal wave electric field

W Xu, L Huo, Y Zhao, Z Yu, H Zhu, B Peng - … Engineering Research and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the numerical simulation of droplet breakup under electric field, the meshless method has
inherent advantages, however the enforcement of boundary conditions is challenging …

Computational study of dynamics of confined droplets under electric field: effect of contact angle

Q Cao, L Li, H You, H Liu - … Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The contact behaviors of droplets on confined surfaces influence significantly their
dynamics and morphological transition induced by the electric field. This paper aims to delve …