Phase separation in thermal systems: A lattice Boltzmann study and morphological characterization

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Gan, Yanbiao ^a,b,c   Xu, Aiguo ^b   Zhang, Guangcai ^b   Li, Yingjun ^a   Li, Hua ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS AND COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS   (China)

^c NORTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICONTINUOUS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; DENSITY FIELDS; DOMAIN GROWTH; DOMAIN SIZE; GROWTH EXPONENT; INTERFACIAL STRESS; ISOTHERMAL SEPARATIONS; ISOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; KINETIC PROCESS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN; LIQUID-VAPOR; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL BALANCE; MINKOWSKI FUNCTIONALS; MORPHOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; POWER-LAW; REFERENCE TEMPERATURE; SCALINGS; SEPARATING SYSTEMS; STRUCTURE FACTORS; SYSTEM APPROACH; THERMAL LATTICES; THERMAL SYSTEMS; THERMODYNAMICAL EQUILIBRIA; VELOCITY FIELD;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FLOW VELOCITY; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 81555209060     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.046715     Document Type: Article

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