Nonequilibrium fluctuations of an interface under shear

Details Nonequilibrium fluctuations of an interface under shear Nonequilibrium fluctuations of an interface under shear

2009-09-04

arxiv.org/abs/0909.0849v1

Phys. Rev. E 81, 031602 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

14 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.81.031602

The steady state properties of an interface in a stationary Couette flow are addressed within the framework of fluctuating hydrodynamics. Our study reveals that thermal fluctuations are driven out of equilibrium by an effective shear rate that differs from the applied one. In agreement with experiments, we find that the mean square displacement of the interface is strongly reduced by the flow. We also show that nonequilibrium fluctuations present a certain degree of universality in the sense that all features of the fluids can be factorized into a single control parameter. Finally, the results are discussed in the light of recent experimental and numerical studies.

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