Abstract
We consider an assembly of liquid drops imbedded in another immiscible liquid of similar viscosity. It is shown that a coalescence between two drops induces another coalescence when the average distance between the drops is less than a threshold value, resulting in a “chain reaction” of coalescences. The threshold value is calculated using a “shell” model that is based on the boundary integral approach. Another “many-drop” model is developed to test the shell approximation. We show that, although the shell model is adequate, its results can be improved by lowering the shell surface tension.
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Dates
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Created | 23 years ago (July 26, 2002, 9:59 a.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years, 1 month ago (July 8, 2023, 12:59 p.m.) |
Indexed | 2 years, 1 month ago (July 8, 2023, 1:40 p.m.) |
Issued | 27 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 1, 1997) |
Published | 27 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 1, 1997) |
Published Print | 27 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 1, 1997) |
@article{Nikolayev_1997, title={Coalescence limited by hydrodynamics}, volume={9}, ISSN={1089-7666}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.869438}, DOI={10.1063/1.869438}, number={11}, journal={Physics of Fluids}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Nikolayev, Vadim S. and Beysens, Daniel A.}, year={1997}, month=nov, pages={3227–3234} }