Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Sedimentation of a Single Charged Elastic Dumbbell in a Newtonian Fluid

Based on the lattice Boltzmann method, the sedimentations of elastic dumbbells with different charges in a Newtonian fluid under the same and different initial conditions are simulated. Due to the polarizing effects, there are Coulomb forces exerted on the charged elastic dumbbells during their sedimentations, which change their original motions significantly. All of the numerical results show that, if the charged elastic dumbbells are released at offset-centreline positions with zero velocity and settle under gravity, they fall down vertically off the centreline and their orientations tend to be the horizontal finally, and the distances apart from the centreline increase with the increasing charges of the elastic dumbbells.