Thermocapillary stress and meniscus curvature effects on slip lengths in ridged microchannels
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Author(s)
Kirk, Toby
Karamanis, Georgios
Crowdy, Darren
Hodes, Marc
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Pressure-driven flow in the presence of heat transfer through a microchannel patterned with parallel ridges is considered. The coupled effects of curvature and thermocapillary stress along the menisci are captured. Streamwise and transverse thermocapillary stresses along menisci cause the flow to be three-dimensional, but when the Reynolds number based on the transverse flow is small the streamwise and transverse flows decouple. In this limit, we solve the streamwise flow problem, i.e. that in the direction parallel to the ridges, using a suite of asymptotic limits and techniques – each previously shown to have wide ranges of validity thereby extending results by Hodes et al. (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 814, 2017, pp. 301–324) for a flat meniscus. First, we take the small-ridge-period limit, and then we account for the curvature of the menisci with two further complementary limits: (i) small meniscus curvature using boundary perturbation; (ii) arbitrary meniscus curvature but for small slip (or cavity) fractions using conformal mapping and the Poisson integral formula. Heating and cooling the liquid always degrade and enhance (apparent) slip, respectively, but their effect is greatest for large meniscus protrusions, with positive protrusion (into the liquid) being the most sensitive. For strong enough heating the solutions become complex, suggesting instability, with large positive protrusions transitioning first.
Date Issued
2020-07-10
Date Acceptance
2020-03-09
Citation
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2020, 894
ISSN
0022-1120
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Volume
894
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press. This paper has been accepted for publication and will appear in a revised form, subsequent to peer-review and/or editorial input by Cambridge University Press.
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
The Royal Society
Grant Number
EP/K019430/1
WM120037
Subjects
01 Mathematical Sciences
09 Engineering
Fluids & Plasmas
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-05-04