Surfactant destabilization and non-linear phenomena in two-fluid shear flows at small Reynolds numbers
(2012)
Journal Article
Kalogirou, A., Papageorgiou, D. T., & Smyrlis, Y. S. (2012). Surfactant destabilization and non-linear phenomena in two-fluid shear flows at small Reynolds numbers. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 77(3), 351-360. https://doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxs035
The flow of two superposed fluids in a channel in the presence of an insoluble surfactant is studied. Asymptotic analysis when one of the layers is thin yields a system of coupled weakly non-linear evolution equations for the film thickness and the l... Read More about Surfactant destabilization and non-linear phenomena in two-fluid shear flows at small Reynolds numbers.