Spinodal decomposition in fluids: Diffusive, viscous, and inertial regimes

Turab Lookman; Yanan Wu; Francis J. Alexander; Shiyi Chen

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.53.5513

Spinodal decomposition in fluids: Diffusive, viscous, and inertial regimes

Turab Lookman, Yanan Wu, Francis J. Alexander, and Shiyi Chen

Phys. Rev. E 53, 5513 – Published 1 May 1996

Abstract

Using a Langevin description of spinodal decomposition in fluids, we examine domain growth in the diffusive, viscous, and inertial regimes. In the framework of this model, numerical results corroborate earlier theoretical predictions based on scaling arguments and dimensional analysis. © 1996 The American Physical Society.

Received 12 July 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.53.5513

Authors & Affiliations

Turab Lookman, Yanan Wu, Francis J. Alexander, and Shiyi Chen

Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
Center for Computational Science, Boston University, 3 Cummington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
IBM Research Division, T.J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598

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Vol. 53, Iss. 5 — May 1996

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