Numerical analysis of the Rayleigh instability in capillary tubes: The influence of surfactant solubility

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Campana, D M ^a,b   Saita, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ENTRE RÍOS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Capillarity; Convection; Desorption; Diffusion; Film flow; Flow instability; Liquid films; Mass transfer; Numerical analysis; Pipe flow; Solubility; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CAPILLARITY; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; PIPE FLOW; PIPE LININGS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THIN FILMS;

FILM FLOW; FLOW INSTABILITY; FREE SURFACE FLOW MODEL; LIQUID FILMS; RAYLEIGH INSTABILITY; SURFACTANT SOLUBILITY;

CAPILLARY TUBES;

ADSORPTION; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; PIPE FLOW; PIPE LININGS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THIN FILMS;

EID: 33644599423     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2173969     Document Type: Article

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