Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Table of Contents - 1975 - Volume 71, Issue02  


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

B. P.  Ho a1 and L. G.  Leal a1
a1 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.

(Published Online March 29 2006)
(Received January 13 1975)


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