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The time-dependent deformation of a capsule freely suspended in a linear shear flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

D. Barthès-Biesel  and
J. M. Rallison
D. Barthès-Biesel
Affiliation:
Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
J. M. Rallison
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, England
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Abstract

An analysis is presented of the dynamics of a small deformable capsule freely suspended in a viscous fluid undergoing shear. The capsule consists of an elastic membrane which encloses another viscous fluid, and it deforms in response to the applied external stresses and the elastic forces generated within the membrane. Equations are derived which give its time-dependent deformation in the limit that the departure of the shape from sphericity is small. The form of the shear flow is arbitrary and a general (two-dimensional) elastic material is considered. Limiting forms are obtained for highly viscous capsules and for membranes which are area-preserving, and earlier results for surface tension droplets and incompressible isotropic membranes are derived as particular cases. Results for the viscosity of a dilute suspension of capsules are also given.

The theoretical prediction for the relaxation rate of the shape is derived for an interface which has elastic properties appropriate for a red-blood-cell membrane, and is compared with experimental observations of erythrocytes.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 113 , December 1981 , pp. 251 - 267
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© 1981 Cambridge University Press

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