The role of advection in phase-separating binary liquids

Details The role of advection in phase-separating binary liquids The role of advection in phase-separating binary liquids

2008-05-08

arxiv.org/abs/0805.1242v1

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

Ph.D. Thesis, Imperial College London, February 2008

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Using the advective Cahn-Hilliard equation as a model, we illuminate the role of advection in phase-separating binary liquids. The advecting velocity is either prescribed, or is determined by an evolution equation that accounts for the feedback of concentration gradients into the flow. Here, we focus on passive advection by a chaotic flow, and coupled Navier-Stokes Cahn-Hilliard flow in a thin geometry. Our approach is based on a combination of functional-analytic techniques, and numerical analysis. Additionally, we compare and contrast the Cahn-Hilliard equation with other models of aggregation; this leads us to investigate the orientational Holm-Putkaradze model. We demonstrate the emergence of singular solutions in this system, which we interpret as the formation of magnetic particles. Using elementary dynamical systems arguments, we classify the interactions of these particles.

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