Instabilities in viscosity-stratified flow

R Govindarajan, KC Sahu - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2014 - annualreviews.org
This review highlights the profound and unexpected ways in which viscosity varying in
space and time can affect flow. The most striking manifestations are through alterations of …

The fluid mechanics of cleaning and decontamination of surfaces

JR Landel, DI Wilson - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The removal of unwanted entities or soiling material from surfaces is an essential operation
in many personal, industrial, societal, and environmental applications. The use of liquid …

Linear stability analysis and numerical simulation of miscible two-layer channel flow

KC Sahu, H Ding, P Valluri, OK Matar - Physics of Fluids, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The stability of miscible two-fluid flow in a horizontal channel is examined. The flow
dynamics are governed by the continuity and Navier–Stokes equations coupled to a …

Miscible displacement flows in near-horizontal ducts at low Atwood number

SM Taghavi, K Alba, T Séon… - Journal of fluid …, 2012 - cambridge.org
We study buoyant displacement flows with two miscible fluids of equal viscosity in the
regime of low Atwood number and in ducts that are inclined close to horizontal. Using a …

A study of pressure-driven displacement flow of two immiscible liquids using a multiphase lattice Boltzmann approach

PR Redapangu, K Chandra Sahu, SP Vanka - Physics of Fluids, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
The pressure-driven displacement of two immiscible fluids in an inclined channel in the
presence of viscosity and density gradients is investigated using a multiphase lattice …

Viscosity effects in density-stable miscible displacement flows: Experiments and simulations

A Etrati, IA Frigaard - Physics of Fluids, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We study characteristics of miscible displacement flows in inclined pipes with density-stable
configuration, meaning the lighter fluid is pumped to displace the heavier fluid downward …

Analytical and variational numerical methods for unstable miscible displacement flows in porous media

G Scovazzi, MF Wheeler, A Mikelić, S Lee - Journal of Computational …, 2017 - Elsevier
The miscible displacement of one fluid by another in a porous medium has received
considerable attention in subsurface, environmental and petroleum engineering …

An experimental study of low-Reynolds-number exchange flow of two Newtonian fluids in a vertical pipe

FM Beckett, HM Mader, JC Phillips, AC Rust… - Journal of Fluid …, 2011 - cambridge.org
We present an experimental study of a buoyancy-driven, low-Reynolds-number (Re< 1)
exchange flow of two Newtonian fluids in a vertical cylindrical pipe (length 1 m and diameter …

Pressure-driven miscible two-fluid channel flow with density gradients

KC Sahu, H Ding, P Valluri, OK Matar - Physics of Fluids, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
We study the effect of buoyancy on pressure-driven flow of two miscible fluids in inclined
channels via direct numerical simulations. The flow dynamics are governed by the continuity …

Flow patterns and dynamic mechanisms of immiscible fluids in cross junctions with different aspect ratios

X Wang, Y Ma, C Zhang, Y Pang, Z Liu - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2023 - Elsevier
The flow patterns of immiscible liquids in microscale cross junctions are experimentally
studied and the influencing factors including the capillary number (3× 10− 4–6× 10− 1), flow …