The first algorithm for Emulsion Stability Simulations (ESS) was presented at the V Conferencia Iberoamericana sobre Equilibrio de Fases y Diseño de Procesos [Luis, J.; García-Sucre, M.; Urbina-Villalba, G. Brownian Dynamics Simulation of Emulsion St...
The scalable synthesis of high-quality single-crystal diamond films remains pivotal for next-generation extreme-performance devices. Iridium substrates offer exceptional promise for heteroepitaxy, yet early-stage growth mechanisms limiting crystal qu...
Determining the drivers of phenotypic evolution and their role on shaping regional phenotypic diversity is a fundamental aspect of mimicry research. Beetles of the genus Ceroglossus are well known for their rampant color diversity, and species have b...
At present, the common cooking fume purification devices are mostly based on electrostatic technology. There are few researches on the microscopic process of coalescence and electric field parameters’ optimization. In this paper, COMSOL Multiph...
Previous studies have been carried out on the effect of silica nanoparticles (SNPs) on the stability of oil–water emulsions. However, the combining configuration of SNPs and oil droplets at the molecular level and the effect of SNP content on t...
The phenomenon of droplet coalescence and jumping has received increasing attention due to its potential applications in the fields of condensation heat transfer and surface self-cleaning. Basic research on the process and mechanism of coalescence-in...
Water must be separated from water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion because of the corrosion it brings to the relative equipment in the process of transportation and storage. It is an effective method to apply external electric field to achieve high performance...
Elucidating amyloid formation inside biomolecular condensates requires models that resolve (i) local, chemistry specific contacts controlling β registry and (ii) mesoscale phase behavior and cluster coalescence on microsecond timescales—capabilities...
Contacted liquid fluids, in most cases, have the tendency to directly merge into a single larger fluid to minimize the surface energy. We present an abnormal drop formation process of contacted Cu liquid films with a radius of 101.7 Å or larger...
The multiphase flow and spatial distribution of bubbles inside a continuous casting (CC) mold is a popular research issue due to its direct impact on the quality of the CC slab. The behavior of bubbles in the mold, and how they coalesce and break apa...
As additive manufacturing has evolved, 3D inkjet printing (IJP) has become a promising alternative manufacturing method able to manufacture functional multi-material parts in a single process. However, issues with part quality in terms of dimensional...
Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) offer advantages such as high energy density and ease of storage and transportation. However, carbon dioxide bubbles generated in the anode flow channels are one factor affecting cell performance. To investigate the...
Coalescence-induced droplet jumping on superhydrophobic surfaces with different initial positions was numerically simulated using the 2D multi-relaxation-time (MRT) Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). Simulation results show that for coalesced droplets w...
The flash smelting furnace has previously been simulated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). A new approach is to combine CFD and the discrete element method (DEM) for more detailed simulations of the different phenomena that occur as copper ma...
The location of the high mountains of southern Europe has been crucial in the phylogeography of most European species, but how extrinsic (topography of sky islands) and intrinsic features (dispersal dynamics) have interacted to shape the genetic stru...
Understanding the population history of wide-ranging species, especially those ranging over varying landscapes, helps in deciphering the evolutionary force (s) that shaped the present genetic diversity/structure of regional fauna. In the shelf region...
Surface rheology becomes important for droplets with adsorbed proteins, solid particulates, lipids, or polymers, and understanding how surface rheology alters basic droplet processes like coalescence provides insight into the processing of dispersion...
Based on the nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of specimens taken from two mussel species (Arcuatula senhousia and Mytilus coruscus), an investigation was performed by means of the complex approaches of the genomics, molec...
To address the challenge of low separation efficiency for fine light hydrocarbons in tight gas fields, this study establishes a mathematical model correlating the structural parameters of a cyclonic coalescer with coalesced droplet size. The model wa...
The dynamics of coalescence of small Lennard–Jones droplets as a function of droplet size and temperature is explored with molecular simulations. Droplet sizes vary from several hundred to several thousand molecules, and three different tempera...
The contactless coalescence of a droplet is of paramount importance for physical and industrial applications. This paper describes a coalescence method to be used mid-air via acoustic levitation using an ultrasonic phased array system. Acoustic levit...
Nowadays, most oilfields have entered the high water cut stage of waterflood development. The importance of oil–water separation technology becomes more obvious. Gravity separation is one of the most commonly used treatment techniques for produ...
Compared with film condensation, dropwise condensation based on droplet growth can significantly improve the condensing equipment’s water collection and thermal efficiency in the vapor condensate system. Therefore, as a critical behavior affect...
In engineering applications, the coalescence of droplets in the oil phase dominates the efficiency of water-oil separation. To improve the efficiency of water-oil separation, many studies have been devoted to exploring the process of water droplets c...
A void coalescence term was proposed as an addition to the original void nucleation and growth (NAG) model to accurately describe void evolution under dynamic loading. The new model, termed as modified void nucleation and growth model (MNAG model), i...
The dynamic behaviors of two droplets successively impacting inclined surfaces are simulated by a three-dimensional pseudopotential lattice Boltzmann model based on multi-relaxation-time. The effect of velocity ratio of two successive droplets on the...
It is quite often that rocks contain intersecting cracks. Therefore, crack behavior cannot be completely studied by only considering several isolated, single flaws. To investigate the crack behavior of rock or rock-like material containing intersecti...
The large surface-to-volume ratio of nanoparticles is understood to be the source of many interesting phenomena. The melting temperature of nanoparticles is shown to dramatically reduce compared to bulk material. Yet, at temperatures below this reduc...
Flows encountered in processes involving turbulent bubbly flow are highly complex, especially when the gas holdup and gas-liquid interface mobility are such that coalescence and breakup of bubbles take place. [...]
The development of technological methods for processing and manufacturing of functional (with a priori targeted properties) polycrystalline materials and products made of these materials still remains an acute problem. A multilevel modeling approach...
The microscopic interactions between oil droplets during the coalescence process have an important impact on the stability of the emulsion. In this paper, a model that can present the phenomenon of coalescence of oil droplets was established. Experim...
We study the assembling of small gold clusters subject to collisions and close contact coalescence by using molecular dynamics simulations to simulate events that occur typically in the sputtering process of synthesis. Our results support the notion...
A mathematical modeling approach was used to test different design modifications in a flash smelting settler to reduce the copper losses in slag, which is economically disadvantageous for copper processing using the pyrometallurgical route. The main...
The dimple occurs by sudden pressure inversion at the droplet’s bottom interface when a droplet collides with the same liquid-phase or different solid-phase. The air film entrapped inside the dimple is a critical factor affecting the sequential dynam...
As studies move into deeper characterization of the impact of selection through non-neutral mutations in whole genome population genetics, modeling for selection becomes crucial. Moreover, epistasis has long been recognized as a significant component...
Rock failure, which causes instability in rock engineering, is an engineering accident that generally occurs through the coalescence of the preexisting cracks in rocks. Therefore, it is very important to research the coalescence of rock cracks to pre...
The description of liquid drop growth and drop distribution are two key models in evaluating the thermal performance of dropwise condensation (DWC) heat transfer. The drop size distribution describes the growth process of small drops by direct conden...
In this study, a two-dimensional computational domain featuring gas and solid phases is computationally studied for Geldart-B-type particles. In addition to the baseline case of a uniform gas-phase injection velocity, three different inlet velocity p...
Hole defects embedded in rocks have a crucial influence on their stability and failure mechanism. The purpose of this research is to explore the mechanical response and fracture behavior around inverted U-shaped openings in rocks under compressive st...
The interactions between multiple cracks significantly influence fracture mechanics parameters, necessitating their consideration in crack assessments. Codes such as ASME Section XI, API 579, BS 7910, and British Energy R6 provide guidelines for crac...
Phylodynamic inference is a pivotal tool in understanding transmission dynamics of viral outbreaks. These analyses are strongly guided by the input of an epidemiological model as well as sequence data that must contain sufficient intersequence variab...
Improving the pool boiling heat transfer by changing the properties of the heating surface has been experimentally studied by many researchers. In this paper, two novel microstructured surfaces with open channels were simulated and investigated. The...
Microcracks in concrete can coalesce into larger cracks that further propagate under repetitive load cycles. Complex process of crack formation and growth are essentially involved in the failure mechanism of concrete. Understanding the crack formatio...
Due to the growing demand for offshore renewable energy, the development of durable submarine power cables is critical. Submarine power cables are expected to have a service life of over 20 years. However, it has been shown that these cables suffer f...
The article is a continuation of two previous review papers on the fracture mechanism of structural metals through the nucleation, growth and coalescence of voids. In the present paper, the literature on the numerical modelling of void nucleation and...
One common form of reticulate evolution arises as a consequence of secondary contact between previously allopatric populations. Using extensive coalescent simulations, we describe the conditions for, and extent of, the introgression of genetic materi...
The propagation and coalescence of cracks in fiber-reinforced concretes (FRCs) is the direct cause of instability in many engineering structures. To predict the crack propagation path and failure mode of FRCs, an orthotropic-bond-based peridynamic (P...
This work seeks to apply the computational fluid dynamics–population balance model (CFD–PBM) to investigate the gas distribution and flow mechanism in the gas–liquid two-phase flow of a centrifugal pump. The findings show that the n...
Coalescence-induced droplet jumping has received more attention recently, because of its potential applications in condensation heat transfer enhancement, anti-icing and self-cleaning, etc. In this paper, the molecular dynamics simulation method is a...
A seepage model based on smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) was developed for the seepage simulation of pore water in porous rock mass media. Then, the effectiveness of the seepage model was proved by a two-dimensional seepage benchmark example. U...
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