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Ching-Yao Chen1, S-Y Wu, José A Miranda
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan, Republic of China. chingyao@yuntech.edu.tw
Abstract:
Miscible flow displacements of a ferrofluid droplet subjected to various magnetic field configurations and confined in a time-dependent gap Hele-Shaw cell are examined through highly accurate numerical simulations. The interplay between lifting, miscibility, and applied magnetic fields resulted in complex interfacial pattern formation. By varying the symmetry properties of the applied magnetic fields and by considering the action of Korteweg stresses, a number of interesting droplet morphologies are identified and characterized. The possibility of controlling the degree of fluid mixing and the ultimate shape of the emerging patterns by appropriately adjusting the strength of the applied magnetic fields is also discussed.
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