Speaker
Callum Cuttle
(University of Oxford)
Description
The interaction of viscous and interfacial flows with soft materials has recently attracted substantial interest from a variety of different perspectives. Here, we study these interactions in the context of a model problem: Flow in a deformable Hele-Shaw cell, where one wall is rigid and the other is soft. Combining experiments with mathematical modelling, we consider the coupling of flow and deformation as air is injected into a cell initially filled with viscous fluid. We examine how deformation affects the viscous fingering instability and discuss the implications of our results for related physical systems.
We acknowledge financial supports from EPSRC EP/P009751/1 and ERCH2020 805469.
| Time Block Preference | Time Block A (09:00-12:00 CET) |
|---|---|
| Acceptance of Terms and Conditions | Click here to agree |
Authors
Callum Cuttle
(University of Oxford)
Dr
Satyajit Pramanik
(University of Oxford)
Dr
Jian Hui Guan
(University of Oxford)
Prof.
Chris MacMinn
(University of Oxford)
