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Dynamics of binary mixtures in inhomogeneous temperatures

G Gonnella1, A Lamura2 and A Piscitelli1

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A dynamical description for fluid binary mixtures with variable temperature and concentration gradient contributions to entropy and internal energy is given. By using mass, momentum and energy balance equations together with the standard expression for entropy production, a generalized Gibbs–Duhem relation is obtained which takes into account thermal and concentration gradient contributions. Then an expression for the pressure tensor is derived. As examples of applications, interface behavior and phase separation have been numerically studied in two dimensions neglecting the contributions of the velocity field. In the simplest case with a constant thermal gradient, the growth exponent for the averaged size of domains is found to have the usual value z = 1/3 and the domains appear elongated in the direction of the thermal gradient. When the system is quenched by contact with external walls, the evolution of temperature profiles in the system is shown and the domain morphology is characterized by interfaces perpendicular to the thermal gradient.


PACS

47.10.-g General theory in fluid dynamics

65.20.-w Thermal properties of liquids

64.75.-g Phase equilibria

MSC

82B30 Statistical thermodynamics (See also 80-XX)

76Mxx Basic methods in fluid mechanics (See also 65-XX)

Subjects

Soft matter, liquids and polymers

Fluid dynamics

Mathematical physics

Dates

Issue 10 (14 March 2008)

Received 5 October 2007, in final form 18 January 2008

Published 26 February 2008



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