Motions in liquid-vapour interfaces by using a continuous mechanical model

Henri Gouin (1)

1 IUSTI - Institut universitaire des systèmes thermiques industriels

By using a limit analysis for the motion equations of viscous fluid endowed with internal capillarity, we are able to propose a dynamical expression for the surface tension of moving liquid-vapour interfaces without any phenomenological assumption. The proposed relation extends the static case, yields the Laplace formula in cases of mass transfer across interfacial layers and allows to take the second coefficient of viscosity of compressible fluids into account. We generalize the Maxwell rule in dynamics and directly explain the Marangoni effect.

Mots clés: Liquid-vapour interface; Maragoni's effect; Maxwell's rule; second gradient theory

Domaines: Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Physique mathématique [math-ph]; Physique mathématique [math-ph]

Henri Gouin. Motions in liquid-vapour interfaces by using a continuous mechanical model. AAPP | Physical, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, 2013, 91 (Suppl. No. 1), pp.A10. ⟨10.1478/AAPP.91S1A10⟩. ⟨hal-00905148⟩