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Article Dans Une Revue Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects Année : 2008

Film junction effect on foam drainage

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Foam drainage is modelled by the flowof liquid through Plateau borders (PBs) that are the liquid channels resulting from the merging of three liquid films separating the gas bubbles. Available models generally neglect the influence of these films. Yet, within drainage conditions, experimental observations indicate a strong coupling of these films with the channels. We consider the influence of films on foam drainage through their effect on the cross-section geometry of the channels. More precisely, we assume that the Plateau border cross-section is enclosed by three circular arcs that are not always tangent but instead exhibit a non-zero contact angle (-) as it has been observed experimentally. The liquid flow through the channels is studied using numerical simulations whose parameters are (-) and the Boussinesq number, Bo, that reflects the surface shear viscosity of the interface. We show that, for values of Bo relevant for foam drainage conditions, a slight increase of Bo results in a strong decrease of the average liquid velocity.

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hal-00506360 , version 1 (27-07-2010)

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Florence Rouyer, Elise Lorenceau, Olivier Pitois. Film junction effect on foam drainage. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2008, 324 (1-3), pp.234-236. ⟨10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.04.016⟩. ⟨hal-00506360⟩
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