Abstract
We consider the parallel flow of two immiscible fluids in a Hele-Shaw cell. The evolution of disturbances on the fluid interfaces is studied both theoretically and experimentally in the large-capillary-number limit. It is shown that such interfaces support wave motion, the amplitude of which for long waves is governed by a set of KdV and Airy equations. The waves are dispersive provided that the fluids have unequal viscosities and that the space occupied by the inner fluid does not pertain to the Saffman-Taylor conditions (symmetric interfaces with half-width spacing). Experiments conducted in a long and narrow Hele-Shaw cell appear to validate the theory in both the symmetric and the non-symmetric cases.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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