Hydrodynamics of Thin Liquid Films: Retrospective and Perspectives
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Liquid–Fluid Coatings, Surfaces and Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 1937
Special Issue Editors
Interests: thin-film flow stability; data-driven modeling
Interests: microfluidics; interface fluid dynamics; complex fluid
Interests: contact line pinning; biomimetic mechanics; petroleum engineering
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue, titled “Hydrodynamics of Thin Liquid Films: Retrospective and Perspectives”. The hydrodynamics of thin liquid films involves the study of the motion and behaviour of fluids that are confined to thin layers of a few micrometres to a few millimetres thick. This type of flow is commonly seen in industrial processes, and a lot of scientific questions are needed to be interpreted here, including how liquid films spread, wet, and interact with different surfaces, as well as how they are affected by various forces and interactions such as surface tension, viscosity, gravity, and external fields. Understanding the hydrodynamic mechanism of thin liquid films is crucial for a range of industrial and biological applications, including lubrication, coating, microfluidics, and tear film dynamics in the eye. It is a challenging and active area of research to describe the complex interplay of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and interfacial physics. Furthermore, the behaviour of thin liquid films becomes more complex while multiple factors are taken into consideration, including the properties of the liquid, the surface topography, and the flow conditions. As such, we encourage the submission of relevant studies which reveal the internal mechanisms of the hydrodynamics of thin liquid films.
This Special Issue will cover a wide range of topics in the hydrodynamics of thin liquid films, including fluid theory, linear instability theory, theoretical modelling, advanced numerical methods, and experimental technology. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Recently developments in interfacial phenomenon;
- Tools and techniques for liquid film flows;
- Fluid dynamic instabilities, such as Plateau–Rayleigh instability, Kelvin–Helmoltz instability, Rayleigh–Taylor instability, etc.;
- Contact line instabilities of thin liquid films and viscous fingering;
- Flows on fibres, planes, inverted substrate or cylindrical surfaces;
- Non-Newtonian fluid films and computational fluid dynamics;
- Theoretical and experimental research in hydrodynamics of thin liquid films;
- Liquid lubrication film.
We look forward to receiving your contributions!
Dr. Chicheng Ma
Dr. Zhenzhen Li
Prof. Dr. Jianlin Liu
Prof. Dr. Yongjun Jian
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrodynamics
- thin liquid films
- microfluidics
- interface fluid dynamics
- moving contact lines
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