Stable and unstable singularities in the unforced Hele‐Shaw cell
Stable and unstable singularities in the unforced Hele‐Shaw cell
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非受迫 Hele-Shaw 晶胞中的稳定和不稳定奇点
DOI:
10.1063/1.868915
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
M. Brenner
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作者:
R. Almgren;A. Bertozzi;M. Brenner
We study singularity formation in the lubrication model for the unforced Hele‐Shaw system, describing the breaking in two of a fluid droplet confined between two narrowly spaced glass plates. By varying the initial data, we exhibit four different scenarios: (1) the droplet breaks in finite time, with two pinch points moving toward each other and merging at the singular time; (2) the droplet breaks in finite time, with two asymmetric pinch points propagating away from each other; (3) the droplet breaks in finite time, with a single symmetric pinch point; or (4) the droplet relaxes to a stable equilibrium shape without a finite time breakup. Each of the three singular scenarios has a self‐similar structure with different scaling laws; the first scenario has not been observed before in other Hele‐Shaw studies. We demonstrate instabilities of the second and third scenarios, in which the solution changes its behavior at a thickness that can be arbitrarily small depending on the initial condition. These transit...