Title: Simulations of a rising drop in a non-linear viscoelastic fluid

Authors: A.J. Wagner

Addresses: Department of Physics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105, USA

Abstract: We use a two-dimensional Lattice Boltzmann method for a non-linear Jeffreys model to simulate a rising bubble in a non-linear viscoelastic medium and show that the experimentally observed cusp at the end of the bubble is reproduced in our simulations.

Keywords: Lattice Boltzmann method; Lattice Boltzmann model; binary fluid flow; drops; viscoelastic flow; convected Jeffreys model; rising bubble; simulation; polymeric materials.

DOI: 10.1504/PCFD.2005.005814

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal, 2005 Vol.5 No.1/2, pp.20 - 26

Published online: 08 Dec 2004 *

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