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Geodesic network method for flows between two rough surfaces in contact

Plouraboué, Franck and Flukiger, Frédérique and Prat, Marc and Crispel, Pierre Geodesic network method for flows between two rough surfaces in contact. (2006) Physical Review E (PRE), 73 (3). 036305-1.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.036305

Abstract

A discrete network method based on previous asymptotic analysis for computing fluid flows between confined rough surfaces is proposed. This random heterogeneous geodesic network method could be either applied to surfaces described by a continuous random field or finely discretized on a regular grid. This method tackles the difficult problem of fluid transport between rough surfaces in close contact. We describe the principle of the method as well as detail its numerical implementation and performances. Macroscopic conductances are computed and analyzed far from the geometrical percolation threshold. Numerical results are successfully compared with the effective medium approximation, the application of which is also studied analytically.

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Additional Information:Thanks to the American Physical Society. The definitive version is available at http://publish.aps.org/. The original PDF of the article can be found at Physical Review E website : http://pre.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v73/i3/e036305
HAL Id:hal-00959372
Audience (journal):International peer-reviewed journal
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Institution:French research institutions > Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS (FRANCE)
Université de Toulouse > Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP (FRANCE)
Université de Toulouse > Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT3 (FRANCE)
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