3D Numerical modeling of soluble surfactant at fluidic interfaces based on the volume-of-fluid method

Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-372

  Alke, A ^a   Bothe, D ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Soluble surfactant; Surface transport theorem; Two phase flow; VOF simulation

Indexed keywords

3-D NUMERICAL MODELING; A-MONOTONE; BUBBLE SURFACE; BULK PHASE; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DIFFUSION-CONTROLLED PROCESS; EXTENDED SURFACES; FLUIDIC INTERFACE; INTERFACIAL FLUXES; ISO SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODELS; RETARDATION EFFECT; RISE VELOCITY; SOLUBLE SURFACTANTS; SPECIFIC CONCENTRATION; SURFACE TRANSPORT; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; TWO PHASE SYSTEMS; VOLUME-OF-FLUID METHOD;

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESORPTION; FLOW SIMULATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77952116043     PISSN: 1555256X     EISSN: 15552578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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