DocumentCode
1526113
Title
Instabilities of two liquid drops in contact
Author
Bradley, Geoff ; Weaire, Denis
Author_Institution
Trinity Coll., Dublin, Ireland
Volume
3
Issue
5
fYear
2001
Firstpage
16
Lastpage
21
Abstract
In previous experimental studies of noncoalescing liquid drops, researchers encountered an instability as the drops were pressed together. The Surface Evolver simulates this instability numerically by assuming that the stability is attributable to a minimization of surface area under a uniform surface tension
Keywords
computational fluid dynamics; drops; flow instability; flow simulation; minimisation; numerical analysis; surface tension; Surface Evolver; contact; liquid drop instabilities; noncoalescing liquid drops; simulation; surface area minimization; uniform surface tension; Bridges; Computational modeling; Extraterrestrial phenomena; Fluid dynamics; Gravity; Numerical simulation; Physics; Solid modeling; Surface tension; Temperature;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computing in Science & Engineering
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1521-9615
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/5992.947104
Filename
947104
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