Study of the Stability of a Free Nonisothermal Liquid Film in a Gravity Field

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-383
Author(s):  
O. A. Burmistrova
2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (28n29) ◽  
pp. 1547-1550
Author(s):  
YOULIANG CHENG ◽  
XIN LI ◽  
ZHONGYAO FAN ◽  
BOFEN YING

Representing surface tension by nonlinear relationship on temperature, the boundary value problem of linear stability differential equation on small perturbation is derived. Under the condition of the isothermal wall the effects of nonlinear surface tension on stability of heat transfer in saturated liquid film of different liquid low boiling point gases are investigated as wall temperature is varied.


2018 ◽  
Vol 855 ◽  
pp. 1130-1155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cunjing Lv ◽  
Michael Eigenbrod ◽  
Steffen Hardt

We investigate experimentally and theoretically the stability and collapse of holes in liquid layers on bounded substrates with various wettabilities. It is shown that for a liquid layer with a thickness of the order of the capillary length, a stable hole exists when the hole diameter is bigger than a critical value $d_{c}$. Consequently, a further increase of the liquid volume causes the hole to collapse. It is found that$d_{c}$increases with the size of the container, but its dependence on the contact angle is very weak. The experimental results are compared with theory, and good agreement is obtained. Moreover, we present investigations of the dynamics of the hole and the evolution of the liquid film profile after the collapse. The diameter of the hole during collapse and the minimum thickness of the liquid film shortly after the collapse obey different power laws with time. Simple theoretical models are developed which indicate that the collapse of the hole is triggered by surface tension and the subsequent closure process results from inertia, whereas the growth of the liquid column after hole closure results from the balance between the capillary force and inertia. Corresponding scaling coefficients are determined.


1942 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 691-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jitsusaburo SAMESHIMA ◽  
Masaji NAKAMUTA ◽  
Ryoiti TERADA
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Author(s):  
Po-Jen Cheng ◽  
Kuo-Chi Liu

The paper investigates the stability theory of a thin power law liquid film flowing down along the outside surface of a vertical cylinder. The long-wave perturbation method is employed to solve for generalized linear kinematic equations with free film interface. The normal mode approach is used to compute the stability solution for the film flow. The degree of instability in the film flow is further intensified by the lateral curvature of cylinder. This is somewhat different from that of the planar flow. The analysis results also indicate that by increasing the flow index and increasing the radius of the cylinder the film flow can become relatively more stable as traveling down along the vertical cylinder.


1988 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 975-980 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Koguchi ◽  
M. Okada ◽  
K. Tamura

This paper reports on the instability for the meniscus of a thin film of a very viscous liquid between two tilted plates, which are separated at a constant speed with a tilt angle in the normal direction of the plates. The disturbances on the meniscus moving with movement of the plates are examined experimentally and theoretically. The disturbances are started when the velocity of movement of the plates exceeds a critical one. The wavelength of the disturbances is measured by using a VTR. The instability of the meniscus is studied theoretically using the linearized perturbation method. A simple and complete analytical solution yields both a stability criterion and the wave number for a linear thickness geometry. These results compared with experiments for the instability show the validity of the stability criterion and the best agreement is obtained with the wave number of maximum amplification.


2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (12n13) ◽  
pp. 1840032
Author(s):  
Lijuan Qian ◽  
Shaobo Song ◽  
Lisha Jiang ◽  
Xiaolu Li ◽  
Jianzhong Lin

The breakup of viscoelastic liquid films are investigated experimentally and analytically. The breakup phenomena of viscoelastic liquid film are recorded by the time resolved high speed camera. Video images reveal the difference behavior of liquid bubble breakup for Newtonian and viscoelastic liquid. For the Newtonian liquid, cylindrical ligaments are stretched into droplets with large distributions of drop size. For the viscoelastic liquid, the pinch-off point is located on the liquid connections to the nozzle and finally the main part of the ligament no longer elongates. Furthermore, a dispersion relation based on the stability analysis is involved to predict the ligament length and drop mean size after breakup for liquid film. The calculated ligament length is validated by the measured drop mean size at higher air-to-liquid mass flow ratio.


Author(s):  
Yu Gan ◽  
Van P. Carey

Theoretical models and MD simulation studies suggest that dissolved salts tend to alter the surface tension at liquid vapor interfaces and affect the stability of the free liquid film between adjacent bubbles. Recent modeling of the Leidenfrost phenomenon also indicates that bubble merging is a key mechanism affecting the Leidenfrost transition conditions. This investigation summarizes the results of an investigation of the effects of dissolved salts on liquid film stability and bubble merging in the aqueous solution. The interaction of pairs of bubbles injected into solution with different dissolved salt concentrations was studied experimentally to determine the probability of merging from statistics for ensembles of bubble pairs. The results of these experiments indicate that very low dissolved salt concentrations can strongly reduce the tendency of adjacent bubbles to merge, implying that the presence of the dissolved salt in such cases strongly enhances the stability of the free liquid film between adjacent bubbles. The trends are compared to predictions of free liquid film stability by wave instability theory and MD simulations. These trends are also compared to experimental data indicating the effects of dissolved salt on the Leidenfrost transition. These comparisons indicate that the suppression of merging due to the effects of some dissolved salts can significantly alter the Leidenfrost transition conditions. The implications of this in quenching of cast aluminum or steel parts using water of variable hardness are also discussed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 67 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beer S. Bhadauria ◽  
Atul K. Srivastava ◽  
Nirmal C. Sacheti ◽  
Pallath Chandran

The present paper deals with a thermal instability problem in a viscoelastic fluid saturating an anisotropic porous medium under gravity modulation. To find the gravity modulation effect, the gravity field is considered in two parts: a constant part and an externally imposed time-dependent periodic part. The time-dependent part of the gravity field, which can be realized by shaking the fluid, has been represented by a sinusoidal function. Using Hill’s equation and the Floquet theory, the convective threshold has been obtained. It is found that gravity modulation can significantly affect the stability limits of the system. Further, we find that there is a competition between the synchronous and subharmonic modes of convection at the onset of instability. Effects of various parameters on the onset of instability have also been discussed.


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