This paper presents a modified Loop’s subdivision algorithm for studying the deformation of a single capsule,the hydrodynamic interaction between two capsules and the hydrodynamic diffusion of a suspension of capsule...This paper presents a modified Loop’s subdivision algorithm for studying the deformation of a single capsule,the hydrodynamic interaction between two capsules and the hydrodynamic diffusion of a suspension of capsules in bounded shear flow.A subdivision thin-shell model is employed to compute the forces generated on the surface of the elastic capsule during deformation.The capsule surface is approximated using the modified Loop’s subdivision scheme which guarantees bounded curvature and C1 continuity everywhere on the limit surface.The present numerical technique has been validated by studying the deformation of a spherical capsule in shear flow.Computations are also performed for a biconcave capsule over a wide range of shear rates and viscosity ratios to investigate its dynamics.In addition,the hydrodynamic interaction between two elastic capsules in bounded shear flow is studied.Depending on the wall separation distance,the trajectory-bifurcation points that separate reversing and crossing motions for both spherical and biconcave capsules can be found.Compared to the spherical capsules,the biconcave capsules exhibit additional types of interaction such as rotation and head-on collision.The head-on collision results in a large trajectory shift which contribute to the hydrodynamic diffusion of a suspension.A suspension of a large number of biconcave capsules in shear flow is also simulated to show the ability of the modified scheme in running a large-scale simulation over a long period of time.展开更多
基金the NSFC(91230108,11101446)the PSTNS of Zhu Jiang in Guangzhou city(2011J2200099)+3 种基金Guangdong Natural Science Foundation(S2013010012250)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(13lgzd07)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(20110171120048)Guangdong Provincial Government of China through the“Computational Science Innovative Research Team”program,and Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Computational Science at the Sun Yat-sen University。
文摘This paper presents a modified Loop’s subdivision algorithm for studying the deformation of a single capsule,the hydrodynamic interaction between two capsules and the hydrodynamic diffusion of a suspension of capsules in bounded shear flow.A subdivision thin-shell model is employed to compute the forces generated on the surface of the elastic capsule during deformation.The capsule surface is approximated using the modified Loop’s subdivision scheme which guarantees bounded curvature and C1 continuity everywhere on the limit surface.The present numerical technique has been validated by studying the deformation of a spherical capsule in shear flow.Computations are also performed for a biconcave capsule over a wide range of shear rates and viscosity ratios to investigate its dynamics.In addition,the hydrodynamic interaction between two elastic capsules in bounded shear flow is studied.Depending on the wall separation distance,the trajectory-bifurcation points that separate reversing and crossing motions for both spherical and biconcave capsules can be found.Compared to the spherical capsules,the biconcave capsules exhibit additional types of interaction such as rotation and head-on collision.The head-on collision results in a large trajectory shift which contribute to the hydrodynamic diffusion of a suspension.A suspension of a large number of biconcave capsules in shear flow is also simulated to show the ability of the modified scheme in running a large-scale simulation over a long period of time.
