Curvature suppresses the Rayleigh-Taylor instability

The dynamics of a thin liquid film on the underside of a curved cylindrical substrate is studied. The evolution of the liquid layer is investigated as the film thickness and the radius of curvature of the substrate are varied. A dimensionless parameter (a modified Bond number) that incorporates both...

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Main Authors: Trinh, P, Kim, H, Hammoud, N, Howell, P, Chapman, S, Stone, H
Format: Journal article
Published: American Institute of Physics 2014