Diffuse-interface modeling of liquid-vapor phase separation in a van der Waals fluid

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Lamorgese, A G ^a   Mauri, R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; FREE ENERGY; LIQUIDS; PHASE INTERFACES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

2D SIMULATIONS; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; DIFFUSE INTERFACE MODELS; LIQUID-VAPOR SYSTEMS; LOCAL EQUILIBRIUM; NON EQUILIBRIUM; THEORETICAL APPROACH; VAN DER WAALS FLUIDS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 65549155411     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3103826     Document Type: Article

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