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Curvature-driven Foam Coarsening on a Sphere: A Computer Simulation
Physical Review E
  • Shawn D. Ryan, Cleveland State University
  • Xiaoyu Zheng, Kent State University
  • Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Kent State University
ORCID ID
Ryan, Shawn/0000-0003-2468-1827
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2016
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Abstract

The von Neumann-Mullins law for the area evolution of a cell in the plane describes how a dry foam coarsens in time. Recent theory and experiment suggest that the dynamics are different on the surface of a three-dimensional object such as a sphere. This work considers the dynamics of dry foams on the surface of a sphere. Starting from first principles, we use computer simulation to show that curvature-driven motion of the cell boundaries leads to exponential growth and decay of the areas of cells, in contrast to the planar case where the growth is linear. We describe the evolution and distribution of cells to the final stationary state.

Comments
The work of all the authors was supported by NSF Grant DMS-1212046.
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevE.93.053301
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Citation Information
Shawn D. Ryan, Xiaoyu Zheng and Peter Palffy-Muhoray. "Curvature-driven Foam Coarsening on a Sphere: A Computer Simulation" Physical Review E Vol. 93 (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/shawn-ryan/1/