Thin film lubrication dynamics of a binary mixture: Example of an oscillatory instability
- 1 October 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 22 (10), 104102
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3489434
Abstract
We study thin film instabilities in liquid films with deformable surface using the lubrication theory. An externally applied vertical temperature gradient may give cause to an instability (Marangoni instability) of the flat motionless film. Contrary to the earlier work where mostly pure fluids were discussed, the focus of the present paper lays on instabilities in mixtures of two completely miscibleliquids. We show that the normally found monotonic long-wave instability may turn into an oscillatory one if the two components have a different surface tension and if the Soret coefficient establishes a stabilizing vertical concentration gradient. A systematic derivation of the basic equations in long-wave approximation is given. The character of instabilities is studied using linear stability analysis. Finally, a real system consisting of a water-isopropanol mixture is discussed in some detail.Keywords
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