Oscillatory bubbles induced by geometrical constraint
Oscillatory bubbles induced by geometrical constraint
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DOI:
10.1063/1.3682772
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发表时间:
2011-11
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
M. Pailha;A. Hazel;P. Glendinning;A. Juel
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作者:
M. Pailha;A. Hazel;P. Glendinning;A. Juel
We show that a simple change in pore geometry can radically alter the behavior of a fluid-displacing air finger, indicating that models based on idealized pore geometries fail to capture key features of complex practical flows. In particular, partial occlusion of a rectangular cross section can force a transition from a steadily propagating centered finger to a state that exhibits spatial oscillations formed by periodic sideways motion of the interface at a fixed distance behind the moving finger tip. We characterize the dynamics of the oscillations, which suggest that they arise from a global homoclinic connection between the stable and unstable manifolds of a steady, symmetry-broken solution.