The dynamics of a topological change in a system of soap films

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 323, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 123-131

  Hutzler, S ^a   Saadatfar, M ^a   van der Net, A ^a   Weaire, D ^a   Cox, S J ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emulsions and foams; Foams; Surface tension driven instability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAMS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); VISCOSITY;

OSCILLATORY RELAXATION; PLATEAU BORDER; SOAP FILMS;

SOAPS (DETERGENTS);

SOAP;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FOAM; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 44649198849     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.11.060     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. J.A.F. Plateau, Statique Expérimentale et Théorique des Liquides soumis aux Seules Forces Moléculaires, 2 vols. Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1873.
2. Weaire D., and Hutzler S. The Physics of Foams (1999), Clarendon Press, Oxford
3. Almgren F.J., and Taylor J.E. The geometry of soap films and soap bubbles. Sci. Am. 235 (1967) 82-93
4. Lamarle E. Sur la stabilit'e des syst`emes liquides en lames minces. M'em. Acad. R. Belg. 35 (1864) 3-104
5. S. Hutzler, D. Weaire, S.J. Cox, A. van der Net, E. Janiaud, Pre-empting Plateau: the nature of topological transitions in foam, Europhys. Lett. 77 (2007) 28002.
6. Huff R. Soap films spanning rectangular prisms. Geom. Dedicata 123 (2006) 223-238
7. Brakke K.A. The Surface Evolver. Exp. Math. 1 (1992) 141-165
8. W.E. Forsythe, (Ed). Smithsonian Physical Tables,, Table 314, ninth ed. (Revised), Knovel, 1954, 2003.
9. Clancy R.J., Janiaud E., Weaire D., and Hutzler S. The response of 2d foams to continuous applied shear in a Couette rheometer. M'em. Acad. R. Belg. 35 (1864) 3-104
10. Ollerenshaw K. The Minimum Surface Connecting the Sides of a Cubic Frame. Bull. Inst. Math. Appl. 16 (1980) 54-60
11. R. Huff, personal communication, 2007.
12. Weaire D., Vaz M.F., Teixeira P.I.C., and Fortes M.A. Instabilities in liquid foams. Soft Matter 3 (2007) 47-57
13. Boudaoud A., Couder Y., and Ben Amar M. Self-adaptation in vibrating soap films. Phys. Rev. Lett. 82 (1999) 3847-3850
14. Durand M., and Stone H.A. Relaxation time of the topological T1 process in a two-dimensional foam. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006) 226101
15. Elias F., Hutzler S., and Ferreira M.S. Visualization of sound waves using regularly spaced soap films. Eur. J. Phys. 28 (2007) 755-765