Topological symmetry breaking in viscous coarsening

The crucial role of hydrodynamic pinch-off instabilities is evidenced in the coarsening stage of viscous liquids. The phase separation of a barium borosilicate glass melt is studied by in-situ synchrotron X-Ray tomography at high temperature. The high viscosity contrast between the less viscous phas...

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2016-05
Hauptverfasser: Bouttes, David, Gouillart, Emmanuelle, Vandembroucq, Damien
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The crucial role of hydrodynamic pinch-off instabilities is evidenced in the coarsening stage of viscous liquids. The phase separation of a barium borosilicate glass melt is studied by in-situ synchrotron X-Ray tomography at high temperature. The high viscosity contrast between the less viscous phase and the more viscous phase induces a topological symmetry breaking: capillary breakups occur preferentially in the less viscous phase. As a result, contrasting morphologies are obtained in the two phases. This symmetry breaking is illustrated on three different glass compositions , corresponding to different volume fractions of the two phases. In particular, a fragmentation phenomenon, reminiscent of the end-pinching mechanism proposed by Stone et al. [1, 2] is evidenced in the less viscous phase.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1605.09542