Decomposition driven interface evolution for layers of binary mixtures: {II}. Influence of convective transport on linear stability

Details Decomposition driven interface evolution for layers of binary mixtures: {II}. Influence of convective transport on linear stability Decomposition driven interface evolution for layers of binary mixtures: {II}. Influence of convective transport on linear stability

2010-09-03

arxiv.org/abs/1009.0659v1

Phys. Fluids 21, 062104 (2009)

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

Published in Physics of Fluics

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3132789

We study the linear stability with respect to lateral perturbations of free surface films of polymer mixtures on solid substrates. The study focuses on the stability properties of the stratified and homogeneous steady film states studied in Part I [U. Thiele, S. Madruga and L. Frastia, Phys. Fluids 19, 122106 (2007)]. To this aim, the linearized bulk equations and boundary equations are solved using continuation techniques for several different cases of energetic bias at the surfaces, corresponding to linear and quadratic solutal Marangoni effects. For purely diffusive transport, an increase in film thickness either exponentially decreases the lateral instability or entirely stabilizes the film. Including convective transport leads to a further destabilization as compared to the purely diffusive case. In some cases the inclusion of convective transport and the related widening of the range of available film configurations (it is then able to change its surface profile) change the stability behavior qualitatively. We furthermore present results regarding the dependence of the instability on several other parameters, namely, the Reynolds number, the Surface tension number and the ratio of the typical velocities of convective and diffusive transport.

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