Three-dimensional instabilities of liquid-lined elastic tubes : A thin-film fluid-structure interaction model
Three-dimensional instabilities of liquid-lined elastic tubes : A thin-film fluid-structure interaction model
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DOI:
10.1063/1.1862631
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发表时间:
2005-03
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Joseph P. White;M. Heil
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作者:
Joseph P. White;M. Heil
We develop a theoretical model of surface-tension-driven, three-dimensional instabilities of liquid-lined elastic tubes—a model for pulmonary airway closure. The model is based on large-displacement shell theory, coupled to the equations of lubrication theory, modified to ensure the exact representation of the system’s equilibrium configurations. The liquid film that lines the initially uniform, axisymmetric tube can become unstable to a surface-tension-driven instability. We show that, if the surface tension of the liquid lining is sufficiently large (relative to the tube’s bending stiffness), the axisymmetric redistribution of fluid by this instability can increase the wall compression to such an extent that the system becomes unstable to a secondary, nonaxisymmetric instability which causes the tube wall to buckle. We establish the conditions for the occurrence of the nonaxisymmetric instability by a linear stability analysis and use finite element simulations to explore the system’s subsequent evoluti...