Preliminary Program subject to change
01J05 Interfacial Flows II
OverviewThis session will focus on flows in which fluid interfaces play an essential role. Topics include the dynamics of thin liquid films and liquid bridges, motion of individual drops and bubbles, and the behavior of emulsions and foams.
Primary SponsorFluid Mechanics (01j)

Chair

Nivedita R. Gupta
University of New Hampshire
Department of Chemical Engineering
Durham, NH 03824
Phone Number: 603 862-3655
Email: ngupta@unh.edu

CoChair

Ali Borhan
Professor
Chemical Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
122 Fenske Laboratory
Department of Chemical Engineering
University Park, PA 16802
Phone Number: 814-865-7847
Fax Number: 814-865-7846
Email: borhan@psu.edu
Hysteretic Rheological Response of a Highly Viscous Drop in Linear Flows with Rotation
Yuan-Nan Young, Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Mechanical Engineering, Yale University, P.O. Box 208286, New Haven, CT 06520 and Vittorio Cristini, University of California Irvine, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mathematics, Irvine, CA 92697-2715
Finite-Amplitude Capillary Oscillations of Coupled Droplets
Eric A. Theisen1, Micheal J. Vogel1, Paul H. Steen1, Carlos A. Lopez2 and Amir H. Hirsa2, (1)School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, (2)Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Instabilities and Saturation of Electrified Thin Liquid Films
Demetrios T. Papageorgiou, Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 609 Cullimore Hall, 323 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102-1982 and Dmitri Tseluiko, Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 609 Cullimore Hall, 323 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102-1982
A Multi-Scale Polymer Foam Model and Its Application
Deming Mao, Engineering and Process Sciences, The Dow Chemical Company, 2301 N. Brazosport Blvd, B-1226, Lake Jackson, TX 77566, Asjad Shafi, The Dow Chemical Company, Albert Harvey, EP Americas, Shell Exploration and Production Company, 777 Walker Street, Houston, TX 77002 and Jack R. Edwards, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7910, Raleigh, NC 27695
Continuum Modeling and Flow Visualization of Blown Foams
Rekha R. Rao1, Lisa A. Mondy1, Veena Tikare1, Edward M. Russick1, P. Randall Schunk1, Andrew M. Kraynik1, Douglas B. Adolf1, Thomas A. Baer2, Stephen A. Altobelli3 and Raymond Cote1, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0834, (2)Gram Inc., 8500 Menaul Blvd NE, Suite B-335, Albuquerque, NM 87112, (3)New Mexico Resonance, Yale Center, Suite C1, Albuquerque, NM 87108
Experimental and Modeling Studies on Solitary Wave Dynamics on Vertical and Inclined Film Flows
Cesar E. Meza Jr., Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Rd., Houston, TX 77204, Ramesh Raju Mudunuri, University of Houston, Chemical Engineering Dept., Houston, TX 77204 and Vemuri Balakotaiah, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Ave., Houston, TX 77204-4004
Slip and Air-Entrainment at Water-Solid Interfaces
Yingxi Elaine Zhu1, Lu Zhang2, Hsueh-Chia Chang2 and Ashis Mukhopadhyay3, (1)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 182 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, (2)University of Notre Dame, 182 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, (3)Dept. of Physics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48303
The Impact of Fluid Behavior on the Wedge-Flow near Moving Contact Lines
Gita Seevaratnam1, Stephen Garoff2, Enrique Rame3 and Lynn M. Walker1, (1)Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15123, (2)Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15123, (3)National Center for Space Exploration Research, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135
Ac Electrospraying: Quasi-Steady Cones and Microjets
Siddharth Maheshwari, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 182 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 and Hsueh-Chia Chang, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 182 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556
A Microscopic View of Liquid-Liquid Film Flows
Ilja Ausner, Steve Paschke, Jens-Uwe Repke, Andreas Hoffmann and Guenter Wozny, Technical University of Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135 - Sekr. KWT 9, Berlin, 10623, Germany

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