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Stability of axisymmetric core–annular flow in the presence of an insoluble surfactant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2006

M. G. BLYTH ,
H LUO  and
C. POZRIKIDIS
M. G. BLYTH
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
H LUO
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0411, USA
C. POZRIKIDIS
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0411, USA
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Abstract

The effect of an insoluble surfactant on the stability of the core–annular flow of two immiscible fluids is investigated by a normal-mode linear analysis and by numerical simulations based on the immersed-interface method for axisymmetric perturbations. The results reveal that, although the Marangoni stress due to surfactant concentration variations is unable to initiate a new type of instability as in the case of two-dimensional two-layer channel flow, it does destabilize the interface by broadening the range of growing wavenumbers and by raising the growth rate of unstable perturbations. Numerical simulations for large-amplitude disturbances reveal that the surfactant plays an important role in determining the morphology of the interfacial structures developing in the nonlinear stages of the motion.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 548 , 10 February 2006 , pp. 207 - 235
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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