Spinodal decomposition in fluids: Diffusive, viscous, and inertial regimes

Turab Lookman, Yanan Wu, Francis J. Alexander, Shiyi Chen
1996 Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics  
Using a Langevin description of spinodal decomposition in fluids, we examine domain growth in the diffusive, viscous and inertial regimes. In the framework of this model, numerical results corroborate earlier theoretical predictions based on scaling arguments and dimensional analysis.
doi:10.1103/physreve.53.5513 pmid:9964892 fatcat:gviou3p6prb2xkf5w47n7vkc7u