Directional interfacial motion of liquids: Fundamentals, evaluations, and manipulation strategies

Q Dai, W Huang, X Wang, MM Khonsari - Tribology International, 2021 - Elsevier
The Marangoni effect—often invoked to describe the so-called “tears of wine”—is in essence
the mass transfer along an interface between two fluids due to a gradient of the surface …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative numerical analysis of Maxwell's time-dependent thermo-diffusive flow through a stretching cylinder

M Bilal, A Saeed, MM Selim, T Gul, I Ali… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The study of fluid flow around a stretching cylinder has great importance, due to its broad
range of applications in engineering and industries. In this article, unsteady incompressible …

Modeling reactive film flows down a heated fiber

S Chattopadhyay, H Ji - Chemical Engineering Science, 2024 - Elsevier
We study the dynamics of an ultra-thin reactive liquid film flowing down a heated vertical
fiber under the influence of gravity. A key focus is on the impact of the van der Waals …

Stability of gravity-driven viscous films flowing down a soft cylinder

Y Chao, L Zhu, Z Ding, T Kong, J Chang, Z Wang - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
We study the stability of gravity-driven viscous liquid films flowing down a vertical cylinder
that is uniformly coated with a thin layer of elastic solids. Combining the gravity-driven …

Nanoscale thin-film flows with thermal fluctuations and slip

Y Zhang, JE Sprittles, DA Lockerby - Physical Review E, 2020 - APS
The combined effects of thermal fluctuations and liquid-solid slip on nanoscale thin-film
flows are investigated using stochastic lubrication equations (SLEs). The previous no-slip …

Dynamics of thin liquid films flowing down the uniformly heated/cooled cylinder with wall slippage

Y Chao, Z Ding, R Liu - Chemical Engineering Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Coating liquid films on cylinders occurs widely in nature, material sciences, and industrial
processes. A typical example is the fabrication of thin solid films, which could be achieved by …

Thermally-driven coalescence in thin liquid film flowing down a fibre

H Ji, C Falcon, E Sedighi, A Sadeghpour… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
This paper presents a study on the dynamics of a thin liquid film flowing down a vertical
cylindrical fibre under a streamwise thermal gradient. Previous works on isothermal flows …

Thin liquid films on a slippery vertical cylinder in presence of chemical reaction

S Chattopadhyay - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
In industrial settings, chemical reactions often affect thin liquid films that flow down vertical
cylinders. However, the effect of non-isothermal reactions on the dynamics of these films is …

Breakup of ultra-thin liquid films on vertical fiber enhanced by Marangoni effect

Z Ding, Z Liu, R Liu, C Yang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2019 - Elsevier
An ultra-thin liquid film flowing down a vertical uniformly heated cylinder under the influence
of gravity is investigated. A thin liquid film model is derived, assuming that the film thickness …

Nonlinear flow phenomenon of a power-law non-Newtonian fluid falling down a cylinder surface

C Ma, F Zhang, D Zhang, C Yu, G Wang - Communications in Nonlinear …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a comprehensive study of the fingering phenomenon of a power-
law non-Newtonian fluid falling down a cylinder surface. A theoretical analysis is firstly …