Asymptotic modelling of fluid-fluid interfaces

Publication date 22 April 1998

interfacial balance laws irreversible production of interfacial entropy isodensity surfaces radius of curvature transition layer

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Foundations, constitutive equations, rheology, hydrodynamical models of non-fluid phenomena (76A99) Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99)

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The interfacial region between two fluids is seen as a transition layer through which the gradients of physical parameters are large. This is the ``microscopic point of view. A ``macroscopic description is then introduced where the two fluids are separated by a surface with no thickness, called ``interface. The asymptotic modelling consists of considering that the transition layer has a thickness \(\delta\) that is very small compared to the radius of curvature \(R\) of the isodensity surfaces located inside the layer. In the asymptotic limit \(\delta/R \to 0\), the layer is seen as a discontinuity surface: an ``interface. The usual interfacial balance laws are reestablished and discussed. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0840.00049].

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