Viscous instabilities in flowing foams: a Cellular Potts Model approach.
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چکیده
The Cellular Potts Model (CPM) successfully simulates drainage and shear in foams. Here we use the CPM to investigate instabilities due to the flow of a single large bubble in a dry, monodisperse two-dimensional flowing foam. As in experiments in a Hele-Shaw cell, above a threshold velocity the large bubble moves faster than the mean flow. Our simulations reproduce analytical and experimental predictions for the velocity threshold and the relative velocity of the large bubble, demonstrating the utility of the CPM in foam rheology studies.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of statistical mechanics
دوره 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006