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The motion of long levitating drops in tubes in an anti-Bretherton configuration

Abstract

In his seminal paper, Bretherton [J. Fluid Mech., 10:166 (1961)] studied the motion of long bubbles in capillary tubes, a situation encountered in many two-phase flow systems. Here, we unveil experimentally and numerically the negative configuration, wherein a long liquid drop formed by the rupture of a liquid plug is stably transported in a capillary tube and surrounded by a flow-induced air cushion. After a careful theoretical and numerical analysis of the drop formation process, we show that the shape of the drop and lubricating air film is reminiscent of Bretherthon's calculation and can be inferred from an adapted analytical theory. This work opens tremendous perspectives for drop fast transport in microfluidic systems without walls contamination and friction.
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hal-02492263 , version 1 (26-02-2020)

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Peter Favreau, Alexis Duchesne, Farzam Zoueshtiagh, Michael Baudoin. The motion of long levitating drops in tubes in an anti-Bretherton configuration. Physical Review Letters, 2020, 125 (19), pp.194501. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.194501⟩. ⟨hal-02492263⟩
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