Two-finger selection theory in the Saffman-Taylor problem
Statistical Mechanics
2016-08-31 v1 chao-dyn
Materials Science
Chaotic Dynamics
Pattern Formation and Solitons
patt-sol
Abstract
We find that solvability theory selects a set of stationary solutions of the Saffman-Taylor problem with coexistence of two \it unequal \rm fingers advancing with the same velocity but with different relative widths and and different tip positions. For vanishingly small dimensionless surface tension , an infinite discrete set of values of the total filling fraction and of the relative individual finger width are selected out of a two-parameter continuous degeneracy. They scale as and . The selected values of differ from those of the single finger case. Explicit approximate expressions for both spectra are given.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9909225,
title = {Two-finger selection theory in the Saffman-Taylor problem},
author = {F. X. Magdaleno and J. Casademunt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9909225},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures