The numerical simulation was performed to investigate the incompressible gas-liquid two-phase flow in a T-junction micro-channel with wetted walls using a phase field method. The formation process including four stages of a well defined Taylor bubble was achieved. The Taylor bubble is exerted by three forces in formation process
i.e.
extrusion force
surface tension force and shear stress force of the continuous phase
and the formation mechanism of the Taylor bubble was obtained. The numerical results show that both the extrusion force and the surface tension force act in the formation process of the Taylor bubble
and the surface tension force reaches a minimum value before detachment. The shear stress force acts only in the preceding two stages of the formation process
and it has a maximum value in the blocking stage
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