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Simulation of 3D drops in uniform and quadrupole electric fields using a highly accurate boundary integral method

Categoria: 
Seminari di Modellistica Differenziale Numerica
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Aula: 
Altro (Aula esterna al Dipartimento)
Sede: 

Dipartimento di Matematica Guido Castelnuovo, Università Sapienza Roma

Aula esterna: 
ZOOM Meeting
Speaker: 

Chiara Sorgentone, KTH Stokholm

We study the influence of electric fields on 3D surfactant-covered drops using a spectrally accurate boundary integral method. Surfactants (surface-active-agents) are compounds that change the surface tension between liquids and are widely used in engineering applications, and their evolution is modeled by a surface pde: the convection-diffusion equation. The dynamic of the drops is governed by the Stokes equations, while the leaky dielectric model is used to study the influence of the external electric field. I will talk about the main numerical tools developed to deal with these kinds of microfluidic simulations and I will show some interesting numerical results.