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Instabilities of Diffuse Interfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2008

N. Bessonov
Affiliation:
Institute of Mechanical Engineering Problems, 199178 Saint Petersburg, Russia
J. Pojman
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS 39606, USA
G. Viner
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS 39606, USA
V. Volpert*
Affiliation:
Institut de Mathématiques, UMR 5208 CNRS, Université Lyon 1 69622 Villeurbanne, France
B. Zoltowski
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS 39606, USA
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Abstract

Composition gradients in miscible liquids can create volume forces resulting in variousinterfacial phenomena. Experimental observations of these phenomena are related to some difficultiesbecause they are transient, sufficiently weak and can be hidden by gravity driven flows.As a consequence, the question about their existence and about adequate mathematical models isnot yet completely elucidated. In this work we present some experimental evidences of interfacialphenomena in miscible liquids and numerical simulations of miscible drops and diffuse interfaces.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© EDP Sciences, 2008

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