Viscous froth simulations with surfactant mass transfer and Marangoni effects: Deviations from Plateau's rules

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 382, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 8-17

  Embley, B ^a   Grassia, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 Dimensional foam; Marangoni stress; Mathematical modelling; Plateau angles; Viscous froth model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MONOLAYERS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR FLOW; STRESSES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

2-DIMENSIONAL FOAM; MARANGONI STRESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; PLATEAU ANGLES; VISCOUS FROTH MODELS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FOAM; FOAM STABILITY; MICROBUBBLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 79956014801     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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