Capillary Instability of Viscoelastic Liquid Film With Heat and Mass Transfer

2019 ◽  
Vol 142 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

Abstract This paper examines the effect of transfer of heat and mass on the capillary instability between a viscoelastic liquid and a viscous gas. The viscoelastic liquid obeys the Oldroyd B-model. These two fluid layers considered in coaxial cylinders and viscoelastic–viscous potential flow theory are used for investigation. To study the stability of the interface, the normal-mode procedure is employed and a cubic dispersion equation in terms of growth rate has been obtained. We observe that the viscoelastic liquid–viscous gas interface is more unstable than the viscous liquid–viscous gas interface. Additionally, we show that the unstable axisymmetric wave modes are stabilized by allowing heat transfer at the interface.

1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 605-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Catton ◽  
J. H. Lienhard

Stability limits of two horizontal fluid layers separated by an interlayer of finite thermal conductivity are determined. The upper cooled surface and the lower heated surface are taken to be perfectly conducting. The stability limits are found to depend on the ratio of fluid layer thicknesses, the ratio of interlayer thickness to total fluid layer thickness, and the ratio of fluid thermal conductivity to interlayer thermal conductivity. Results are given for a range of values of each of the governing parameters.


2014 ◽  
Vol 06 (04) ◽  
pp. 1450037
Author(s):  
MUKESH KUMAR AWASTHI

We study the linear analysis of electrohydrodynamic capillary instability of the interface between a viscous fluid and viscoelastic fluid of Maxwell type, when the phases are enclosed between two horizontal cylindrical surfaces coaxial with the interface, and when fluids are subjected to the radial electric field. Here, we use an irrotational theory known as viscous potential flow (VPF) theory in which viscosity enters through normal stress balance but shearing stresses are assumed to be zero. A quadratic dispersion relation that accounts for the growth of axisymmetric waves is obtained and stability criterion is given in terms of a critical value of wave number as well as electric field. It is observed that the radial electric field has dual effect on the stability of the system.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukesh Kumar Awasthi ◽  
Vineet K. Srivastava

The linear analysis of Rayleigh-Taylor instability of the interface between two viscous and dielectric fluids in the presence of a tangential electric field has been carried out when there is heat and mass transfer across the interface. In our earlier work, the viscous potential flow analysis of Rayleigh-Taylor instability in presence of tangential electric field was studied. Here, we use another irrotational theory in which the discontinuities in the irrotational tangential velocity and shear stress are eliminated in the global energy balance. Stability criterion is given by critical value of applied electric field as well as critical wave number. Various graphs have been drawn to show the effect of various physical parameters such as electric field, heat transfer coefficient, and vapour fraction on the stability of the system. It has been observed that heat transfer and electric field both have stabilizing effect on the stability of the system.


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