D. Slade
Gravity-driven thin film flow: The influence of topography and surface tension gradient on rivulet formation
Slade, D.; Veremieiev, S.; Lee, Y.C.; Gaskell, P.H.
Authors
Dr Sergii Veremieiev s.veremieiev@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Y.C. Lee
Professor Philip Gaskell p.h.gaskell@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Abstract
The evolution of an advancing fluid front formed by a gravity-driven thin film flowing down a planar substrate is considered, with particular reference to the presence of Marangoni stresses and/or surface topography. The system is modelled using lubrication theory and solved via an efficient, adaptive multigrid method that incorporates automatic, error-controlled grid refinement/derefinement and time stepping. The detailed three dimensional numerical results obtained reveal that, for the problems investigated, while both of the above features affect the merger of rivulets by either delaying or promoting the same, topography influences the direction of growth.
Citation
Slade, D., Veremieiev, S., Lee, Y., & Gaskell, P. (2013). Gravity-driven thin film flow: The influence of topography and surface tension gradient on rivulet formation. Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 68, 7-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2012.07.003
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 11, 2012 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 20, 2012 |
Publication Date | Jun 1, 2013 |
Deposit Date | Jan 26, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 21, 2015 |
Journal | Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification |
Print ISSN | 0255-2701 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 68 |
Pages | 7-12 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2012.07.003 |
Keywords | Thin film, Rivulet, Lubrication theory, Marangoni stress, Topography. |
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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 68, June 2013, 10.1016/j.cep.2012.07.003.
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