title: Transport of inertial particles by viscous streaming in arrays of oscillating probes.
abstract: A mechanism for the transport of microscale particles in viscous fluids is demonstrated. The mechanism exploits the trapping of such particles by rotational streaming cells established in the vicinity of an oscillating cylinder, recently analyzed in previous work. The present work explores a strategy of transporting particles between the trapping points established by multiple cylinders undergoing oscillations in sequential intervals. It is demonstrated that, by controlling the sequence of oscillation intervals, an inertial particle is effectively and predictably transported between the stable trapping points. Arrays of cylinders in various arrangements are investigated, revealing a technique for constructing arbitrary particle trajectories. It is found that the domain from which particles can be transported and trapped by an oscillator is extended, even to regions in which particles are shielded, by the presence of other stationary cylinders. The timescales for transport are examined, as are the mechanisms by which particles are drawn away from an obstacle toward the trapping point of an oscillator.
authors: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors: Kwitae
authors: K
authors: Chong
authors: Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, USA.
authors: Scott D
authors: SD
authors: Kelly
authors: Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, USA.
authors: Stuart T
authors: ST
authors: Smith
authors: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors: Jeff D
authors: JD
authors: Eldredge