Cavitation solutions to homogeneous van der Waals type fluids involving phase transitions

A Modified van der Waals Mixture Theory for Associating Fluids: Application to Ternary Aqueous Mixtures

In this study a simple and general chemical association theory is introduced. The concept of infinite equilibrium model is re-examined and true mole fractions of associated species are calculated. The theory is applied to derive the distribution function of associated species. As a severe test the application of presented theory to the van der Waals mixture model is introduced in order to p...

Numerical Modelling of van der Waals Fluids

van der Waals phase transition in protein solutions.

The van der Waals equation of state for imperfect gases is applied to solutions of macromolecules, especially to explain the fluid-fluid phase transition in protein solutions, a phenomenon of much interest in relation to protein crystallization. The van der Waals b parameter corresponds to the total excluded volume per pair of molecules and can be calculated from independently known molecular p...

Statistical mechanics of simple fluids: beyond van der Waals

Dense fluids, defined to include both dense gases and liquids, have the reputation of being especially difficult to deal with theoretically. This reputation is not undeserved. Unlike dilute gases and crystalline solids, which can be thought of as deviants from well understood ideal states, the ideal gas and the ideal harmonic crystal, the dense fluid lies far from any recognizable landmark. Thi...

Steady States of Some Models for Van der Waals Fluids

We study the steady states of some models for van der Waals uid. In particular, for a mass viscosity model, we show that there is no \cavitation" wave. We also consider the closed orbits, heteroclinic orbits, and their relation with Maxwell construction, for diierent models with regularization terms.