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The creeping motion of liquid drops through a circular tube of comparable diameter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

B. P. Ho  and
L. G. Leal
B. P. Ho
Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
L. G. Leal
Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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Abstract

The creeping motion through a circular tube of neutrally buoyant Newtonian drops which have an undeformed radius comparable to that of the tube was studied experimentally. Both a Newtonian and a viscoelastic suspending fluid were used in order to determine the influence of viscoelasticity. The extra pressure drop owing to the presence of the suspended drops, the shape and velocity of the drops, and the streamlines of the flow are reported for various viscosity ratios, total flow rates and drop sizes.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 71 , Issue 2 , 23 September 1975 , pp. 361 - 383
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© 1975 Cambridge University Press

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