3 papers
physics.flu-dyn2026
Shear-driven dynamics of surfactant-laden droplets on rough substrates
Ninad Vinayak Mhatre, Satish Kumar
The depinning of liquid droplets due to flow of a surrounding immiscible fluid plays a crucial role in applications such as enhanced oil recovery, surface cleaning, and crossflow e…
physics.flu-dyn2026
Seeing new depths: Three-dimensional flow of a free-swimming alga
Gregorius Pradipta, Wanho Lee, Van Tran +8
A swimming microorganism stirs the surrounding fluid, creating a flow field that governs not only its locomotion and nutrient uptake, but also its interactions with other microorga…
physics.flu-dyn2025
Maximum spreading of impacting shear-thinning and shear-thickening drops
Anahita Mobaseri, Satish Kumar, Xiang Cheng
The maximum spreading of an impacting liquid drop is a key metric for characterizing the fundamental fluid process of drop impact. While extensively studied for Newtonian liquids,…