Driven particles at fluid interfaces acting as capillary dipoles

Abstract

The dynamics of spherical particles driven along an interface between two immiscible fluids is investigated asymptotically. Under the assumptions of a pinned three-phase contact line and very different viscosities of the two fluids, a particle assumes a tilted orientation. As it moves, it causes a deformation of the fluid interface which is also computed. The case of two interacting driven particles is studied via the Linear Superposition Approximation. It is shown that the capillary interaction force resulting from the particle motion is dipolar in terms of the azimuthal angle and decays with the fifth power of the inter-particle separation, similar to a capillary quadrupole originating from undulations of the three-phase contact line. The dipolar interaction is demonstrated to exceed the quadrupolar interaction at moderate particle velocities.

21 pages, 9 figures, 1 table

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