Phase-field model for Hele-Shaw flows with arabitrary contrast II: numerical approach

We present a phase-field model for the dynamics of the interface between two inmiscible fluids with arbitrary viscosity contrast in a rectangular Hele-Shaw cell. With asymptotic matching techniques we check the model to yield the right Hele-Shaw equations in the sharp-interface limit, and compute th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Folch Manzanares, Roger, Casademunt i Viader, Jaume, Hernández Machado, Aurora, Ramírez Piscina, Laureano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1999
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/18762
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/18762
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física estadística
Termodinàmica
Sistemes dinàmics diferenciables
Dinàmica de fluids
Statistical physics
Thermodynamics
Differentiable dynamical systems
Fluid dynamics
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Sumario:We present a phase-field model for the dynamics of the interface between two inmiscible fluids with arbitrary viscosity contrast in a rectangular Hele-Shaw cell. With asymptotic matching techniques we check the model to yield the right Hele-Shaw equations in the sharp-interface limit, and compute the corrections to these equations to first order in the interface thickness. We also compute the effect of such corrections on the linear dispersion relation of the planar interface. We discuss in detail the conditions on the interface thickness to control the accuracy and convergence of the phase-field model to the limiting Hele-Shaw dynamics. In particular, the convergence appears to be slower for high viscosity contrasts.