Micro-confined flows are relevant in many science and engineering applications, among which: single and multiphase flows in natural porous media, heterogenous catalysis, microfluidics targeted to medicine and industrial applications.
It is important to elucidate to which extent the common assumption of Capillary number scaling governs such flows, and whether the contact angle should be included in the formulation of the Capillary number. Moreover, it is crucial to assess if the above scaling still holds for flow regimes beyond the creeping flow limits (RE=1), to ensure the validity of both numerical simulations and physical experiments.
We look forward to receiving experimental, theoretical and computational works aimed at investigating the complex interplay among capillarity, inertia, wettability, even in presence of chemical reactions in strongly confined flow.
Keywords:
Microfluidics, multiphase flows, computational modelling, experimental methods, capillarity-induced phenomena, creeping and inertial flows, interfacial flows, porous flows, machine learning, wetting angle, reactive flows, asymptotic analysis
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Micro-confined flows are relevant in many science and engineering applications, among which: single and multiphase flows in natural porous media, heterogenous catalysis, microfluidics targeted to medicine and industrial applications.
It is important to elucidate to which extent the common assumption of Capillary number scaling governs such flows, and whether the contact angle should be included in the formulation of the Capillary number. Moreover, it is crucial to assess if the above scaling still holds for flow regimes beyond the creeping flow limits (RE=1), to ensure the validity of both numerical simulations and physical experiments.
We look forward to receiving experimental, theoretical and computational works aimed at investigating the complex interplay among capillarity, inertia, wettability, even in presence of chemical reactions in strongly confined flow.
Keywords:
Microfluidics, multiphase flows, computational modelling, experimental methods, capillarity-induced phenomena, creeping and inertial flows, interfacial flows, porous flows, machine learning, wetting angle, reactive flows, asymptotic analysis
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.