Statistical mechanics of two-dimensional foams
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Statistical Mechanics of Two-dimensional Foams
The methods of statistical mechanics are applied to two-dimensional foams under macroscopic agitation. A new variable the total cell curvature is introduced, which plays the role of energy in conventional statistical thermodynamics. The probability distribution of the number of sides for a cell of given area is derived. This expression allows to correlate the distribution of sides (“topological...
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a Institute of Mathematics and Physics, Aberystwyth University, Ceredigion SY23 3BZ, United Kingdom, Email: [email protected] b Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique, UMR5588, CNRS-Université Grenoble I, B.P. 87, F-38402 Martin d’Hères Cedex, France c Instituto de Ciência e Engenharia de Materiais e Superficies and Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais, Instituto Superior Técnico, Avenida Rovi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: EPL (Europhysics Letters)
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0295-5075,1286-4854
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/90/60002