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Dynamics of inviscid capillary breakup: collapse and pinchoff of a film bridge
Ist Teil von
Journal of fluid mechanics, 1997-06, Vol.341, p.245-267
Ort / Verlag
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
1997
Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
An axisymmetric film bridge collapses under its own surface tension,
disconnecting at
a pair of pinchoff points that straddle a satellite bubble. The
free-boundary problem
for the motion of the film surface and adjacent inviscid fluid has a finite-time
blowup (pinchoff). This problem is solved numerically using the vortex
method in a
boundary-integral formulation for the dipole strength distribution on the
surface. Simulation
is in good agreement with available experiments. Simulation of the trajectory
up
to pinchoff is carried out. The self-similar behaviour observed near pinchoff
shows
a ‘conical-wedge’ geometry whereby both principal curvatures
of the surface are
simultaneously singular – lengths scale with time as
t2/3. The similarity equations
are written down and key solution characteristics are reported. Prior to
pinchoff,
the following regimes are found. Near onset of the instability, the surface
evolution
follows a direction dictated by the associated static minimal surface problem.
Later,
the motion of the mid-circumference follows a t2/3
scaling. After this scaling ‘breaks’,
a one-dimensional model is adequate and explains the second scaling regime.
Closer
to pinchoff, strong axial motions and a folding surface render the one-dimensional
approximation invalid. The evolution ultimately recovers a
t2/3 scaling and reveals its self-similar structure.