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Droplet mobilization in actuated deformable tubes
Sthavishtha R. Bhopalam, Ruben Juanes, Hector Gomez
We study the mobilization of an oil droplet in a deformable, actuated constricted tube subjected to two different actuation mechanisms: hydrodynamic actuation (oscillatory body for…
Simulating fluid-fluid displacement in a soft capillary tube: How compliance delays interfacial instability and bubble pinch-off
Sthavishtha R. Bhopalam, Ruben Juanes, Hector Gomez
The displacement of a more viscous fluid by a less viscous immiscible fluid in confined geometries is a fundamental problem in multiphase flows. Recent experiments have shown that…
Energy dissipation in elasto-capillary fluid-structure interaction systems involving three immiscible fluids
Sthavishtha R. Bhopalam, Hector Gomez
Here, we consider the elasto-capillary fluid-structure interaction problem studied in Bhopalam, Bueno & Gomez (2022), i.e., three immiscible fluids in contact with an elastic solid…
Fibrotaxis: gradient-free, spontaneous and controllable droplet motion on soft solids
Sthavishtha R. Bhopalam, Jesus Bueno, Hector Gomez
Most passive droplet transport strategies rely on spatial variations of material properties to drive droplet motion, leading to gradient-based mechanisms with intrinsic length scal…