par Pereira, Antonio ;Kalliadasis, Serafim;Trevelyan, Philip ;Thiele, Uwe
Référence Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, 3, 4, page (303-316)
Publication Publié, 2007-12
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : We investigate the interaction between thin films and chemical reactions by using two prototype systems: a thin liquid film falling down a planar inclined substrate in the presence of an exothermic chemical reaction and a horizontal thin liquid film with a reactive mixture of insoluble surfactants on its surface. In the first case the chemical reaction has a stabilizing influence on the dynamics of the film and dampens the free-surface solitary pulses. In the second case the chemical reaction can destabilize the film and lead to the formation of free-surface solitary pulses. Copyright © 2007 Tech Science Press.