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Viscoplastic slender-body theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2018

D. R. Hewitt Open the ORCID record for D. R. Hewitt [Opens in a new window]  and
N. J. Balmforth Open the ORCID record for N. J. Balmforth [Opens in a new window]
D. R. Hewitt*
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK
N. J. Balmforth
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2, Canada
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†Email address for correspondence: drh39@cam.ac.uk
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Abstract

The theory of slow viscous flow around a slender body is generalized to the situation where the ambient fluid has a yield stress. The local flow around a cylinder that is moving along or perpendicular to its axis, and rotating, provides a first step in this theory. Unlike for a Newtonian fluid, the nonlinearity associated with the viscoplastic constitutive law precludes one from linearly superposing solutions corresponding to each independent component of motion, and instead demands a full numerical approach to the problem. This is accomplished for the case of a Bingham fluid, along with a consideration of some asymptotic limits in which analytical progress is possible. Since the yield stress of the fluid strongly localizes the flow around the body, the leading-order slender-body approximation is rendered significantly more accurate than the equivalent Newtonian problem. The theory is applied to the sedimentation of inclined cylinders, bent rods and helices, and compared with some experimental data. Finally, the theory is applied to the locomotion of a cylindrical filament driven by helical waves through a viscoplastic fluid.

JFM classification

Non-Newtonian Flows: Non-Newtonian Flows Non-Newtonian Flows: Plastic materials Low-Reynolds-number flows: Slender-body theory

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 856 , 10 December 2018 , pp. 870 - 897
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