We study both the dynamics of dissolution of an equilibrium interface and phase separation in two-dimensional fluids using lattice Boltzmann simulations. Results for a liquid-gas system and a binary fluid are compared. For symmetric quenches in the liquid-gas system, single-phase domains grow like t(alpha), where alpha = 1/2 for high viscosities (corresponding to early times), crossing over to alpha = 2/3 for low viscosities (later times). For a binary fluid the crossover is between alpha = 1/3 and alpha = 2/3. This behavior is compared to that for nonsymmetric quenches.

LATTICE BOLTZMANN STUDY OF HYDRODYNAMIC SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION

ORLANDINI, ENZO;
1995

Abstract

We study both the dynamics of dissolution of an equilibrium interface and phase separation in two-dimensional fluids using lattice Boltzmann simulations. Results for a liquid-gas system and a binary fluid are compared. For symmetric quenches in the liquid-gas system, single-phase domains grow like t(alpha), where alpha = 1/2 for high viscosities (corresponding to early times), crossing over to alpha = 2/3 for low viscosities (later times). For a binary fluid the crossover is between alpha = 1/3 and alpha = 2/3. This behavior is compared to that for nonsymmetric quenches.
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