Foam drainage in two dimensions

S. Hutzler; S. J. Cox; G. Wang

doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2005.02.001

Foam drainage in two dimensions

S. Hutzler^*, S. J. Cox, G. Wang

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Department of Physics

Trinity College Dublin

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Abstract

A two-dimensional foam between glass plates is subjected to a forced drainage experiment. The propagation of the surfactant solution into the foam is measured and compared with computer simulations of a foam drainage equation. The spread of liquid both vertically, due to gravity, and horizontally, due to capillary suction, is tracked over time. Finally, the effect of varying the width of the input pipe is investigated: the velocities of the wetting fronts are shown to strongly depend on the ratio of the width of the input to the width of the cell.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	178-183
Number of pages	6
Journal	Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
Volume	263
Issue number	1-3 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2005.02.001
Publication status	Published - 01 Aug 2005

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Experiment
Foam drainage
Simulation

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