Foam drainage on the microscale II. Imaging flow through single Plateau borders Export

@article{koehler04, abstract = {The liquid in foam forms an interconnected network, which is composed of Plateau borders, nodes, and films. One of the dominant pathways for foam drainage is flow through Plateau borders, and we use confocal microscopy to obtain experimental results for the flow fields inside individual Plateau borders. For three types of surfactants detailed comparisons are made with a model based upon the influence of surface viscosity at free boundaries between the gas in the bubbles and the liquid in the Plateau borders. The model describes the flows well, and we find good agreement between the surface viscosity predicted by this model and representative values found in the literature. We also give a qualitative description of the flow in the nodes.}, author = {Koehler, S. A. and Hilgenfeldt, S. and Weeks, E. R. and Stone, H. A.}, citeulike-article-id = {1678151}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2003.12.060}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WHR-4CPDGFS-1/2/55d4adf035df9dada5b13a2f8418af21}, day = {15}, doi = {10.1016/j.jcis.2003.12.060}, journal = {Journal of Colloid and Interface Science}, keywords = {confocal, fluid-mechanics, foam, surfactants}, month = {August}, number = {2}, pages = {439--449}, posted-at = {2007-09-20 05:35:38}, priority = {0}, title = {Foam drainage on the microscale II. Imaging flow through single Plateau borders}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2003.12.060}, volume = {276}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - koehler04 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1678151 N2 - The liquid in foam forms an interconnected network, which is composed of Plateau borders, nodes, and films. One of the dominant pathways for foam drainage is flow through Plateau borders, and we use confocal microscopy to obtain experimental results for the flow fields inside individual Plateau borders. For three types of surfactants detailed comparisons are made with a model based upon the influence of surface viscosity at free boundaries between the gas in the bubbles and the liquid in the Plateau borders. The model describes the flows well, and we find good agreement between the surface viscosity predicted by this model and representative values found in the literature. We also give a qualitative description of the flow in the nodes. IS - 2 JF - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science EP - 449 TI - Foam drainage on the microscale II. Imaging flow through single Plateau borders VL - 276 SP - 439 KW - confocal KW - fluid-mechanics KW - foam KW - surfactants AU - Koehler, SA AU - Hilgenfeldt, S AU - Weeks, ER AU - Stone, HA PY - 2004/08/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2003.12.060 ER -