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Hydrodynamic interaction and coalescence of two droplets under large step shear strains |
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| Authors: | Kenzo Okamoto Shigenori Iwatsuki Masaoki Takahashi |
| Affiliation: | a Venture Laboratory, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan b Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Jonan 4-3-16, Yonezawa, 992-8510, Japan c Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan |
| Abstract: | We observed change in distance between two droplets in each step after application of large multi-step shear strains. Experiments were performed using a sliding plate apparatus. Large step shear strains were applied to two polyisobutylene droplets in poly(dimethyl siloxane) matrix in the same plane between the plates. The distance between the two droplets decreases with increasing the total shear strain, which is given by the product of the step strain magnitude and the number of application of the step strains. The two droplets coalesce when the distance becomes less than the diameter of the droplets. The slope for plots of the distance versus the total strain is independent of the step strain magnitude. This indicates that the effect per unit strain on the distance is the same, irrespective of the strain magnitude. It is suggested that a stronger hydrodynamic interaction between the droplets is the main cause for the droplet approach. |
| Keywords: | Coalescence Droplet Hydrodynamic interaction |
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