We implement a volume-of-fluid algorithm with a parabolic re-construction of the interface for the calculation of the surface tension force VOF-PROST). This achieves higher accuracy for drop deformation simulations in comparison with existing VOF methods based on a piecewise inear interface re-construction. The algorithm is formulated for the Giesekus constitutive law. The evolution of a drop s...

In the present paper, the classical Brownian motion of a particle suspended in an homogeneous liquid is modeled as a piecewise–deterministic Markov process with state space inculding position as well as velocity of the particle in motion. This model is less idealized than the classical Wiener or Ornstein–Uhlenbeck processes. It leads to more complex expressions for the transition densities, but...

Rate-and-state friction is an empirical approach to the behavior of a frictional surface. We use a nematic liquid crystal in a channel between two parallel planes to model frictional sliding. Nematic liquid crystals model a wide variety of physical phenomena in systems that rapidly switch between states; they are well studied and interesting examples of anisotropic non-Newtonian fluids, charact...

We study the spreading of drops made yield-stress fluids. In contrast to what is observed in Newtonian fluids, final contact angle reached by drop depends on size, its yield stress, and liquid/solid hydrodynamic boundary condition. This highlights crucial role dynamic history. then extend classical Young's law case stress particular, considering that shape set a dynamical arrest, we predict ang...

The particle dynamics and shear forces of granular matter in a Couette geometry are determined experimentally. The normalized tangential velocity V(y) declines strongly with distance y from the moving wall, independent of the shear rate and of the shear dynamics. Local rms velocity fluctuations deltaV(y) scale with the local velocity gradient to the power 0.4+/-0.05. These results agree with a ...

A new technique, involving nanoindentation and in situ scanning probe microscopy at high temperature under an inert atmosphere, is used to study deformation of a Pt-based metallic glass. As temperature is increased into the supercooled liquid regime, impressions made by nanoindentation flatten due to surface tension-driven viscous flow. In situ measurements of shape recovery at various temperat...

INTRODUCTION Blood samples are a critical component of Point-of-Care clinical diagnosis [1]. These blood samples are analyzed in Lab-on-a-Chip devices, which monitor important parameters such as glucose and lactate levels. For these systems to work, the blood sample must be introduced to an empty capillary microchannel that guides the sample to an on-chip sensor. Thus the filling characteristic...

We numerically study the dependence of the dynamics on the range of interaction Delta for the short-range square well potential. We find that, for small Delta, dynamics scale exactly in the same way as thermodynamics, both for Newtonian and Brownian microscopic dynamics. For interaction ranges from a few percent down to the Baxter limit, the relative location of the attractive-glass line and th...