Marangoni instability in ultrathin two-layer films

Autor: I. B. Simanovskii, A. A. Nepomnyashchy
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Physics of Fluids. 19:122103
ISSN: 1089-7666
1070-6631
DOI: 10.1063/1.2819748
Popis: The development of instabilities under the joint action of the van der Waals forces and Marangoni stresses in a two-layer film on a heated or cooled substrate, is considered. The problem is solved by means of a linear stability theory and nonlinear simulations. Nontrivial change of the droplet shape in the presence of the Marangoni effect, which manifests itself as the deformation of a “plateau” into an “inkpot,” is observed. The appearance of the threshold oscillations predicted by the linear stability theory is confirmed by nonlinear simulations.
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