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Multistability of a long droplet in a capillary tube under transverse body force

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2024

Dongwen Tan Open the ORCID record for Dongwen Tan [Opens in a new window]  and
Xinping Zhou Open the ORCID record for Xinping Zhou [Opens in a new window]
Dongwen Tan
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China
Xinping Zhou*
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China
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Abstract

Bistable states for a sufficiently large amount of liquid can appear in an eccentric capillary due to the eccentricity effect under zero gravity (J. Fluid Mech, vol. 863, 2019, pp. 364–385). A transverse body force, which can lead to rich physical phenomena of a droplet, may lead to multistable states (bistability, tristability and the likes) of a sufficiently large amount of liquid in a capillary. We theoretically investigate this situation in a circular or annular capillary tube under a transverse body force. The results show that there can be tristable (bistable) states in an annular (circular) capillary tube: an occluding configuration and two (one) non-occluding configurations. In the annular tube, for one of the non-occluding configurations, the gas–liquid interface in the middle cross-section of the droplet meets both the inner and outer walls of the tube (bridging configuration); for the other non-occluding configuration, the gas–liquid interface in the middle cross-section of the droplet does not meet the inner wall (non-bridging configuration). The multistability is dependent on the Bond number, the contact angle and the cross-sectional shape. The multistability cannot occur for a zero or very large Bond number. A hydrophilic condition (the contact angle smaller than 90°) contributes to the non-occluding non-bridging configuration, while the hydrophobic condition (the contact angle larger than 90°) contributes to the non-occluding bridging configuration (only for the annular capillary). For the annular capillary with a not-so-large contact angle, increasing the inner-to-outer radius ratio can lead to a larger range of Bond numbers, in which the multistability occurs.

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Interfacial Flows (free surface): Capillary flows Drops and Bubbles: Drops Interfacial Flows (free surface): Liquid bridges
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 996 , 10 October 2024 , A28
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