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    Dynamics of nanodroplets on topographically structured substrates

    , Article Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ; Volume 21, Issue 46 , 2009 ; 09538984 (ISSN) Moosavi, A ; Rauscher, M ; Dietrich, S ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    Mesoscopic hydrodynamic equations are solved to investigate the dynamics of nanodroplets positioned near a topographic step of the supporting substrate. Our results show that the dynamics depends on the characteristic length scales of the system given by the height of the step and the size of the nanodroplets as well as on the constituting substances of both the nanodroplets and the substrate. The lateral motion of nanodroplets far from the step can be described well in terms of a power law of the distance from the step. In general the direction of motion depends on the details of the effective laterally varying intermolecular forces. But for nanodroplets positioned far from the step it is... 

    Reduced order modeling of liquid sloshing in 3D tanks using boundary element method

    , Article Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements ; Volume 33, Issue 6 , 2009 , Pages 750-761 ; 09557997 (ISSN) Dehghani Firouzabadi, R ; Haddadpour, H ; Ghasemi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    2009
    Abstract
    This paper presents the application of reduced order modeling technique for investigation of liquid sloshing in three-dimensional tanks. The governing equations of sloshing are written using a boundary element formulation for incompressible potential flow. Then, the governing equations are reduced to a more efficient form that is represented only in terms of the velocity potential on the liquid free surface. This particular form is employed for eigen-analysis of fluid motion and the sloshing frequencies and mode shapes are determined. Then, the sloshing frequencies and the corresponding right- and left-eigenvectors are used along the modal analysis technique to find a reduced order model...