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On the acoustic levitation stability behaviour of spherical and ellipsoidal particles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2012

D. Foresti ,
M. Nabavi  and
D. Poulikakos
D. Foresti
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Institute of Energy Technology, Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies, ETH Zurich, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland
M. Nabavi
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Institute of Energy Technology, Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies, ETH Zurich, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland
D. Poulikakos*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Institute of Energy Technology, Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies, ETH Zurich, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland
*
†Email address for correspondence: dpoulikakos@ethz.ch
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Abstract

We present here an in-depth analysis of particle levitation stability and the role of the radial and axial forces exerted on fixed spherical and ellipsoidal particles levitated in an axisymmetric acoustic levitator, over a wide range of particle sizes and surrounding medium viscosities. We show that the stability behaviour of a levitated particle in an axisymmetric levitator is unequivocally connected to the radial forces: the loss of levitation stability is always due to the change of the radial force sign from positive to negative. It is found that the axial force exerted on a sphere of radius increases with increasing viscosity for ( is the acoustic wavelength), with the viscous contribution of this force scaling with the inverse of the sphere radius. The axial force decreases with increasing viscosity for spheres with . The radial force, on the other hand, decreases monotonically with increasing viscosity. The radial and axial forces exerted on an ellipsoidal particle are larger than those exerted on a volume-equivalent sphere, up to the point where the ellipsoid starts to act as an obstacle to the formation of the standing wave in the levitator chamber.

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Drops and Bubbles: Drops Waves/Free-surface Flows: Wave scattering
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 709 , 25 October 2012 , pp. 581 - 592
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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