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Structure and dynamics of breaking foams

Year: 1995

Type: article

Abstract: Experimental results are presented for the relaxation of a two dimensional soap foam in which wall breakage is initiated through gentle warming of the foam cell. Significantly different phenomenology from the relaxation of nonbreaking foams is observed. At a critical ``break time,'' which depends on the temperature ramping rate and initial conditions, a large scale mechanical cascade of wall rupture sets in, leading to a rapid disintegration of the foam. In the cascade regime, whose behavior is essentially independent of the ramping rate, a dynamical scaling behavior, associated with the distribution of cell edge lengths, is proposed.

Source: Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics

DOI: 10.1103/physreve.51.5788

Authors: G. D. Burnett, J. J. Chae, W. Y. Tam, Rita M. C. de Almeida, M. Tabor

Institution: University of Arizona

Language: English

Topic: Theoretical and Computational Physics

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1968429132

FWCI: 0.888

Cites: 21

Cited by: 30

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