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Geometry and Topology of Two-Dimensional Dry Foams: Computer Simulation and Experimental Characterization
File(s)
Revised_manuscript_22March2017.pdf (2.01 MB)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Tong, M
Cole, K
Brito-Parada, PR
Neethling, S
Cilliers, JJ
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Pseudo-two-dimensional (2D) foams are commonly used in foam studies as it is experimentally easier to measure the bubble size distribution and other geometric and topological properties of these foams than it is for a 3D foam. Despite the widespread use of 2D foams in both simulation and experimental studies, many important geometric and topological relationships are still not well understood. Film size, for example, is a key parameter in the stability of bubbles and the overall structure of foams. The relationship between the size distribution of the films in a foam and that of the bubbles themselves is thus a key relationship in the modeling and simulation of unstable foams. This work uses structural simulation from Surface Evolver to statistically analyze this relationship and to ultimately formulate a relationship for the film size in 2D foams that is shown to be valid across a wide range of different bubble polydispersities. These results and other topological features are then validated using digital image analysis of experimental pseudo-2D foams produced in a vertical Hele–Shaw cell, which contains a monolayer of bubbles between two plates. From both the experimental and computational results, it is shown that there is a distribution of sizes that a film can adopt and that this distribution is very strongly dependent on the sizes of the two bubbles to which the film is attached, especially the smaller one, but that it is virtually independent of the underlying polydispersity of the foam.
Date Issued
2017-03-27
Date Acceptance
2017-03-22
Citation
LANGMUIR, 2017, 33 (15), pp.3839-3846
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/48412
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03663
ISSN
0743-7463
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
3839
End Page
3846
Journal / Book Title
LANGMUIR
Volume
33
Issue
15
Copyright Statement
© 2017 American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Langmuir, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03663
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Technological Resources PTY Ltd
Identifier
http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000399860000032&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
Grant Number
EP/E028756/1
EP/F000286/1
3100429469
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry, Physical
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
Materials Science
QUASI-2-DIMENSIONAL FOAMS
ARRANGEMENT
DRAINAGE
CELLS
NET
Chemical Physics
MD Multidisciplinary
Publication Status
Published
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