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Parameter that arises from the force balance on the interface. Thus, the studyįocuses only on the dripping regime. Paraffin wax droplets in a co-flowing fluid using the proposed model toĮstimate the droplet volume rate for different flow velocities. We proposeĪ one-dimensional mathematical model that describes the effect of shear forces Where the primary focus is on droplet sizes and pinch-off frequency.

Fluids are well described by the NavierStokes equations, but solving these equations at scale remains daunting, limited by the computational cost of resolving the smallest spatiotemporal features.
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Download a PDF of the paper titled A one-dimensional mathematical model for shear-induced droplet formation in co-flowing fluids, by Darsh Nathawani and Matthew Knepley Download PDF Abstract: Shear-induced droplet formation is important in many industrial applications, Numerical simulation of fluids plays an essential role in modeling many physical phenomena, such as weather, climate, aerodynamics, and plasma physics.
