Modeling of a Fluid with Pressure-Dependent Viscosity in Hele-Shaw Flow

We investigate the Hele-Shaw flow of fluids whose viscosity depends on pressure, i.e., piezo-viscous fluids, near the tip of a sharp edge. In particular, we consider both cases of two-dimensional symmetric and antisymmetric flows. To obtain the pressure field, we provide a procedure that is based on...

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Main Authors: Benedetta Calusi, Liviu Iulian Palade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-10-01
Series:Modelling
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3951/5/4/77
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Summary:We investigate the Hele-Shaw flow of fluids whose viscosity depends on pressure, i.e., piezo-viscous fluids, near the tip of a sharp edge. In particular, we consider both cases of two-dimensional symmetric and antisymmetric flows. To obtain the pressure field, we provide a procedure that is based on the method of separation of variables and does not depend on a specific choice of the expression for the pressure-dependent viscosity. Therefore, we show the existence of a general procedure to investigate the behavior of piezo-viscous fluids in Hele-Shaw flow and its solution near a sharp corner. The results are applied to the case of an exponential dependence of viscosity on pressure as an example of exact solutions for the pressure field.
ISSN:2673-3951