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Computational Fluid Dynamics 2006. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ICCFD4, Ghent, Belgium, 10-14 July 2006, Deconinck, Herman; Dick, Erik (Eds.) (Ed.) (2009) 595-600
Level Set method for Curvature-driven Flows in Microfluidics
Paul Vigneaux 1, 2
(2009-08-04)

A Level Set method for bifluid flows in Microfluidics is presented. After a stability analysis which conducts to a restrictive stability condition on the computational time step due to surface tension, we introduce a splitting to shorten simulation times. Numerical results of these curvature-driven flows are in good agreement with physical experiments and are used to explore mixing processes inside micro-droplets.
1:  Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux (IMB)
CNRS : UMR5251 – Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux I – Université Victor Segalen - Bordeaux II
2:  MC2 (INRIA Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest)
INRIA – Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux I – Université Victor Segalen - Bordeaux II – CNRS : UMR
Mathematics/Numerical Analysis
level set – microfluidics – surface tension
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