Falling liquid films hold a strategic position both in pure and applied sciences. Falling films dramatically increase the heat/mass transport across the interface compared to flat films. Therefore the wavy dynamics of a falling liquid films plays a major role in developing various technological applications.
The aim of my project is to accurately understand the behavior of a falling liquid film going under a phase change, through building a comprehensive computational and theoretical framework. Fully understanding the different instabilities falling liquid films experience allow significant improvements indifferent technological applications.My work is mainly combined of two parts, firstly, developing a theoretical framework through studying the linear stability of evaporating falling liquid films, and secondly, developing a front tracking/finit volume solver to conduct Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of falling liquid films.
