Growth regimes in three-dimensional phase separation of liquid-vapor systems

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Hauptverfasser: Negro, Giuseppe, Gonnella, Giuseppe, Lamura, Antonio, Busuioc, Sergiu, Sofonea, Victor
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author Negro, Giuseppe
Gonnella, Giuseppe
Lamura, Antonio
Busuioc, Sergiu
Sofonea, Victor
author_facet Negro, Giuseppe
Gonnella, Giuseppe
Lamura, Antonio
Busuioc, Sergiu
Sofonea, Victor
contents The liquid-vapor phase separation is investigated via lattice Boltzmann simulations in three dimensions. After expressing length and time scales in reduced physical units, we combined data from several large simulations (on $512^3$ nodes), with different values of viscosity, surface tension and temperature, to obtain a single curve of rescaled length $\hat{l}$ as a function of rescaled time $\hat{t}$. We find evidence of the existence of kinetic and inertial regimes with growth exponents $α_d=1/2$ and $α_i=2/3$ over several time decades, with a crossover from $α_d$ to $α_i$ at $\hat{t} \simeq 1$. This allows us to rule out the existence of a viscous regime with $α_v=1$ in three-dimensional liquid-vapor isothermal phase separation, differently from what happens in binary fluid mixtures. An in-depth analysis of the kinetics of the phase separation process, as well as a characterization of the morphology and the flow properties, are further presented in order to provide clues into the dynamics of the phase-separation process.
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spellingShingle Growth regimes in three-dimensional phase separation of liquid-vapor systems
Negro, Giuseppe
Gonnella, Giuseppe
Lamura, Antonio
Busuioc, Sergiu
Sofonea, Victor
Soft Condensed Matter
Fluid Dynamics
The liquid-vapor phase separation is investigated via lattice Boltzmann simulations in three dimensions. After expressing length and time scales in reduced physical units, we combined data from several large simulations (on $512^3$ nodes), with different values of viscosity, surface tension and temperature, to obtain a single curve of rescaled length $\hat{l}$ as a function of rescaled time $\hat{t}$. We find evidence of the existence of kinetic and inertial regimes with growth exponents $α_d=1/2$ and $α_i=2/3$ over several time decades, with a crossover from $α_d$ to $α_i$ at $\hat{t} \simeq 1$. This allows us to rule out the existence of a viscous regime with $α_v=1$ in three-dimensional liquid-vapor isothermal phase separation, differently from what happens in binary fluid mixtures. An in-depth analysis of the kinetics of the phase separation process, as well as a characterization of the morphology and the flow properties, are further presented in order to provide clues into the dynamics of the phase-separation process.
title Growth regimes in three-dimensional phase separation of liquid-vapor systems
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.03382