Two-Phase Flow with Surfactants: Diffuse Interface Models and Their Analysis

  • Helmut Abels
  • Harald Garcke
  • Kei Fong Lam
  • Josef Weber
Chapter
Part of the Advances in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics book series (AMFM)

Abstract

New diffuse interface and sharp interface models for soluble and insoluble surfactants fulfilling energy inequalities are introduced. We discuss their relation with the help of asymptotic analysis and present an existence result for a particular diffuse interface model.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Helmut Abels
    • 1
  • Harald Garcke
    • 1
  • Kei Fong Lam
    • 1
  • Josef Weber
    • 1
  1. 1.Fakultät für MathematikUniversität RegensburgRegensburgGermany

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