Effect of gravity on the dynamics of non-isothermic ultra-thin two-layer films

2010 ◽  
Vol 661 ◽  
pp. 1-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER NEPOMNYASHCHY ◽  
ILYA SIMANOVSKII

The effect of gravity on the dynamics of non-isothermic ultra-thin two-layer films is studied in this paper. The joint action of disjoining pressure and thermocapillary forces is taken into account. The problem is considered in a long-wave approximation. The linear stability of a quiescent state and thermocapillary flows is investigated. It has been found that the influence of the upper fluid density is significantly stronger than that of the difference of fluid densities. Nonlinear flow regimes are studied by means of numerical simulations. The gravity can lead to the formation of stripes or holes instead of droplets. The two-dimensional wavy patterns are replaced by one-dimensional waves with the fronts inclined or transverse to the direction of the horizontal temperature gradient.

2009 ◽  
Vol 629 ◽  
pp. 195-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. V. CRASTER ◽  
O. K. MATAR ◽  
D. T. PAPAGEORGIOU

The breakup of viscous liquid jets that contain surfactant, that is potentially above the critical micelle concentration (CMC) is considered here within the long-wave approximation. The soluble surfactant is assumed to be present in three phases: as an interfacial species, bulk monomers and micelles. A model is developed for the interaction between these phases and the surface tension which obeys a nonlinear equation of state. The effects of the equation of state and the reservoir of surfactant created by micelles on breakup are investigated. The long-wave approximation naturally leads to a system of coupled one-dimensional equations that are solved numerically. It is demonstrated that jet breakup and satellite formation are critically affected by the presence of high surfactant concentrations above the CMC. This manifests itself by the formation of unusually large satellites. We present extensive numerical evidence that the mechanism for this phenomenon centres on the interplay between Marangoni stresses and the nonlinear surfactant equation of state; the latter exhibits a plateau at high interfacial concentrations.


2007 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 273-278
Author(s):  
V.Yu Liapidevskii

Nonequilibrium flows of an inhomogeneous liquid in channels and pipes are considered in the long-wave approximation. Nonlinear dispersion hyperbolic flow models are derived allowing taking into account the influence of internal inertia during the relative motion of phases upon the structure of nonlinear wave fronts. The asymptotic derivation of dispersion hyperbolic models is shown on the example of classical Boussinesq equations. It is shown that the hyperbolic approximation of the equations has the same order of accuracy as the primary model.


1976 ◽  
Vol 1 (15) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Toshio Iwasaki

Although numerical computations of the generation and propagation of tsunamis are successfully achieved in recent years, modeling of their wave sources is still a big problem. Three kinds of, wave source model, that is statistical, oceanographic and fault model, are studied in this paper. It is found that the first model gives reasonable wave heights as shown in the previous paper, the second one presents roughly one half of those for the first model and the last one produces too small wave heights. Based on the analysis of computed results, nature of undulations off from the shore boundary, directivity of wave propagation and the spindle shaped leading part are discussed. Comparing magnitude of various wave parameters for the leading wave along the minor axis of the wave source, it is shown that the long wave approximation modified by the slope effect illustrates the tsunamis in deep region of the sea and the slope effect is most dominant in shallow region.


2018 ◽  
Vol 855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dipin S. Pillai ◽  
R. Narayanan

The nonlinear evolution of an interface between a perfect conducting liquid and a perfect dielectric gas subject to periodic electrostatic forcing is studied under the long-wave approximation. It is shown that inertial thin films become unstable to finite-wavelength Faraday modes at the onset, prior to the long-wave pillaring instability reported in the lubrication limit. It is further shown that the pillaring-mode instability is subcritical in nature, with the interface approaching either the top or the bottom wall, depending on the liquid–gas holdup. On the other hand, the Faraday modes exhibit subharmonic or harmonic oscillations that nonlinearly saturate to standing waves at low forcing amplitudes. Unlike the pillaring mode, wherein the interface approaches the wall, Faraday modes may exhibit saturated standing waves when the instability is subcritical. At higher forcing amplitudes, the interface may approach either wall, again depending on the liquid–gas holdup. It is also shown that a gravitationally unstable configuration of such thin films, under the long-wave approximation, cannot be stabilized by periodic electrostatic forcing, unlike mechanical Faraday forcing. In this case, it is observed that the interface exhibits oscillatory sliding behaviour, approaching the wall in an ‘earthworm-like’ motion.


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