Modeling of droplet breakup in a microfluidic T-shaped junction with a phase-field model
Modeling of droplet breakup in a microfluidic T-shaped junction with a phase-field model
A phase-field method is applied to the modeling of flow and breakup of droplets in a T-shaped junction in the hydrodynamic regime where capillary and viscous stresses dominate over inertial forces, which is characteristic of microfluidic devices. The transport equations are solved numerically in the three-dimensional geometry, and the dependence …