%0 Journal Article %1 Saye10052013 %A Saye, Robert I. %A Sethian, James A. %D 2013 %J Science %K foams simulation %N 6133 %P 720-724 %R 10.1126/science.1230623 %T Multiscale Modeling of Membrane Rearrangement, Drainage, and Rupture in Evolving Foams %U http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6133/720.abstract %V 340 %X Modeling the physics of foams and foamlike materials, such as soapy froths, fire retardants, and lightweight crash-absorbent structures, presents challenges, because of the vastly different time and space scales involved. By separating and coupling these disparate scales, we have designed a multiscale framework to model dry foam dynamics. This leads to a predictive and flexible computational methodology linking, with a few simplifying assumptions, foam drainage, rupture, and topological rearrangement, to coupled interface-fluid motion under surface tension, gravity, and incompressible fluid dynamics. Our computed results match theoretical analyses and experimentally observed physical effects, including thin-film drainage and interference, and are used to study bubble rupture cascades and macroscopic rearrangement. The developed multiscale model allows quantitative computation of complex foam evolution phenomena.

@article{Saye10052013, abstract = {Modeling the physics of foams and foamlike materials, such as soapy froths, fire retardants, and lightweight crash-absorbent structures, presents challenges, because of the vastly different time and space scales involved. By separating and coupling these disparate scales, we have designed a multiscale framework to model dry foam dynamics. This leads to a predictive and flexible computational methodology linking, with a few simplifying assumptions, foam drainage, rupture, and topological rearrangement, to coupled interface-fluid motion under surface tension, gravity, and incompressible fluid dynamics. Our computed results match theoretical analyses and experimentally observed physical effects, including thin-film drainage and interference, and are used to study bubble rupture cascades and macroscopic rearrangement. The developed multiscale model allows quantitative computation of complex foam evolution phenomena.}, added-at = {2013-05-15T10:57:48.000+0200}, author = {Saye, Robert I. and Sethian, James A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29a93b762d64ae69836345749f9bef890/alex_ruff}, description = {Multiscale Modeling of Membrane Rearrangement, Drainage, and Rupture in Evolving Foams}, doi = {10.1126/science.1230623}, eprint = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6133/720.full.pdf}, interhash = {6378c7977706d82cd5406592202ae6f2}, intrahash = {9a93b762d64ae69836345749f9bef890}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {foams simulation}, number = 6133, pages = {720-724}, timestamp = {2013-05-15T10:57:48.000+0200}, title = {Multiscale Modeling of Membrane Rearrangement, Drainage, and Rupture in Evolving Foams}, url = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6133/720.abstract}, volume = 340, year = 2013 }