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Modeling and simulation of dynamics of three-component flows on solid surface

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In this paper, we propose a phase field model for the dynamics of three-component immiscible flows on solid surface. The model is an extension of the two-component phase field model consists of the Cahn–Hilliard Navier–Stokes equations with the generalized Navier boundary condition. The generalization of the approach to the three phase problem requires some extra consistency conditions for the system in the bulk and at the boundary in order for the model to give physically relevant results. We formulate the boundary conditions that enforce the consistency conditions using the Lagrangian multipliers. We then develop an efficient adaptive mesh refinement technique to solve the system. Several numerical results are given, including the buoyancy-driven droplet through a fluid–fluid interface, formation of four-phase contact line and dynamics of a compound droplet on solid surface under shear flow.

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This publication was based on work supported in part the Hong Kong RGC-GRF Grants 605311, 605513 and NNSF of China Grant 91230102.

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    Yi Shi

  2. Department of Mathematics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

    Xiao-Ping Wang

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Shi, Y., Wang, XP. Modeling and simulation of dynamics of three-component flows on solid surface. Japan J. Indust. Appl. Math. 31, 611–631 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13160-014-0151-7

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