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sweep-fixedBeta.params

sweep-fixedBeta.params

# Parameter sweep: the We-De regime map at FIXED Ohs and FIXED beta.
#
# beta = eta_s/eta is the solvent fraction. For Oldroyd-B the polymer
# Ohnesorge number obeys Oh_p = Ec*De = Ohs*(1-beta)/beta, so holding
# (Ohs, beta) fixed fixes the total Ohnesorge number Oh = Ohs/beta and
# the elasto-capillary number is DERIVED per case:
#
#     Ec = Ohs*(1-beta)/(beta*De)        (De = 0  ->  Newtonian, Ec = 0)
#
# This reproduces the experimental regime map (Sen et al.) at a fixed
# polymer concentration while sweeping We and De.

MODE = fixedBeta

# sweep axes (Cartesian product; We is the outer loop)
SWEEP_WE = 15 20 30 40 50 60
SWEEP_DE = 0.0 0.03 0.075 0.158 0.326 0.43

# fixed rheology
Ohs = 0.003        # solvent (water) Ohnesorge number
beta = 0.1         # solvent fraction  ->  Oh_total = Ohs/beta = 0.03

# fixed numerics / forcing
MAXlevel = 10      # paper used ~13 (dz_min ~ 1e-3); 10 is tractable
Ldomain = 8.0
tmax = 20.0
Bo = 1.0

# contact-line switching (paper protocol: ramp 160 -> 60 over t in [8,9])
thetaInit = 160.0
thetaE = 60.0
ttheta = 8.0
thetaRate = 100.0