Diffuse-interface simulations of drop coalescence and retraction in viscoelastic fluids

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 163-176

  Yue, Pengtao ^a   Feng, James J ^a   Liu, Chun ^b   Shen, Jie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disjoining pressure; Dynamic interfacial tension; Film drainage; Interfacial dynamics; Phase field method; van der Waals force

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; DIFFUSION; EMULSIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; POLYMER BLENDS; RHEOLOGY; TWO PHASE FLOW; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; VISCOELASTICITY;

DISJOINING PRESSURE; DROP BEHAVIOR; DROP COALESCENCE; DYNAMIC INTERFACIAL TENSION; FILM DRAINAGE; INTERFACIAL DYNAMICS; PHASE-FIELD METHOD; VISCOELASTIC FLUIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NON-NEWTONIAN FLOW; POLYMER BLEND; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTIC FLUID;

EID: 26844565496     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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