Title :
Instabilities of two liquid drops in contact
Author :
Bradley, Geoff ; Weaire, Denis
Author_Institution :
Trinity Coll., Dublin, Ireland
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;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/5992.947104
