Long-wave-instability-induced pattern formation in an evaporating sessile or pendent liquid layer

• Main Authors: Wei, Tao, Duan, Fei
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Long-wave; Evaporation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86275; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45256
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We investigate the nonlinear dynamics and stability of an evaporating liquid layer subject to vapor recoil, capillarity, thermocapillarity, ambient cooling, viscosity, and negative or positive gravity combined with buoyancy effects in the lubrication approximation. Using linear theory, we identify t...