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Abstract
Motivated by the need for a better understanding of the transport of solutes in microfluidic flows with free surfaces, the advection and dispersion of a passive solute in steady unidirectional flow of a thin uniform rivulet on an inclined planar substrate driven by gravity and/or a uniform longitudinal surface shear stress are analysed. Firstly, we describe the short-time advection of both an initially semi-infinite and an initially finite slug of solute of uniform concentration. Secondly, we describe the long-time Taylor-Aris dispersion of an initially finite slug of solute. In particular, we obtain the general expression for the effective diffusivity for Taylor-Aris dispersion in such a rivulet, and discuss in detail its different interpretations in the special case of a rivulet on a vertical substrate.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 20170524 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences |
Volume | 473 |
Issue number | 2207 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Nov 2017 |
Keywords
- mathematical modelling
- advection
- Taylor-Aris dispersion
- rivulet
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Small particles, big questions: understanding the complex behaviour of nanofluids
1/10/13 → 31/03/16
Project: Research Fellowship