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Unifying binary fluid diffuse-interface models in the sharp-interface limit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2013

David N. Sibley ,
Andreas Nold  and
Serafim Kalliadasis
David N. Sibley
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Andreas Nold
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Serafim Kalliadasis*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
*
†Email address for correspondence: s.kalliadasis@imperial.ac.uk
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Abstract

Recent results published by Gugenberger et al. on surface diffusion (Phys. Rev. E, vol. 78, 2008, 016703), show that the sharp-interface limit of the phase field models often adopted in the literature fails to produce the appropriate boundary conditions. With this knowledge, we consider the sharp-interface limit of phase field models for binary fluids, obtained carefully, where hydrodynamic equations are coupled to phase field evolution based on Cahn–Hilliard or Allen–Cahn theories, in a variety of guises, and unify and contrast their forms and behaviours in the sharp-interface limit. In particular, a tensorial mobility model is analysed, which allows the bulk fluids in the outer region to satisfy classical Navier–Stokes type equations to all orders in the Cahn number.

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Mathematical Foundations: General fluid mechanics Interfacial Flows (free surface): Interfacial Flows (free surface) Multiphase and Particle-laden Flows: Multiphase flow

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 736 , 10 December 2013 , pp. 5 - 43
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