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Recriprocal theorem for concentric compound drops in arbitrary Stokes flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

H. Haj-Hariri
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901, USA
A. Nadim
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
A. Borhan
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

Abstract

The Lorentz reciprocal theorem is generalized and applied to the study of the quasisteady motion of a concentric spherical (CS) compound drop at zero Reynolds number. Using this result, the migration velocities of a force-free CS compound drop placed in a general ambient Stokes flow, as well as the forces on each drop when subjected to specified migration velocities, are calculated. The latter constitutes a generalization of Faxén's law to the case of a CS compound drop. Also some earlier results on the thermocapillary migration of such drops (Borhan et al. 1992) are rederived more simply and in greater generality.

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Research Article
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© 1993 Cambridge University Press

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