Phase-separation of binary fluids in shear flow: a numerical study

Details Phase-separation of binary fluids in shear flow: a numerical study Phase-separation of binary fluids in shear flow: a numerical study

2000-09-12

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0009168v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

6 pages, 11 figures in .gif format

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.62.8064

The phase-separation kinetics of binary fluids in shear flow is studied numerically in the framework of the continuum convection-diffusion equation based on a Ginzburg-Landau free energy. Simulations are carried out for different temperatures both in d=2 and in d=3. Our results confirm the qualitative picture put forward by the large-N limit equations studied in \cite{noi}. In particular, the structure factor is characterized by the presence of four peaks whose relative oscillations give rise to a periodic modulation of the behavior of the rheological indicators and of the average domains sizes. This peculiar pattern of the structure factor corresponds to the presence of domains with two characteristic thicknesses whose relative abundance changes with time.

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