Sidebranching of the Saffman-Taylor finger

  • G. Li
  • , D. Kessler
  • , L. Sander

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Abstract

We have investigated the origin of sidebranching in interfacial dynamics by considering the growth of a Saffman-Taylor finger with anisotropy. We find that in the absence of noise there are no sidebranches. White noise and periodic noise produce well-defined sidebranching.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3535-3538
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review A
Volume34
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Supported in part by Fondecyt-Chile (Chilean Science and Technology Development Fund), grant 1990078 to R. Uauy, and by NIH grant HD22380.

Funding

Supported in part by Fondecyt-Chile (Chilean Science and Technology Development Fund), grant 1990078 to R. Uauy, and by NIH grant HD22380.

FundersFunder number
Fondecyt-Chile
National Institutes of HealthHD22380
Science and Technology Development Fund1990078

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