Fig. 8: Simulation results for BCAT-5 Sample 7, with γ = 130.
From: Phase-field modeling of colloid-polymer mixtures in microgravity
Each row represents a different (dimensionless) time t as labeled, with the three panels in each row corresponding to colloid volume fraction ϕ, fluid speed ∣γu∣, and fluid vorticity γ∇ × u. In the bottom left panel, the liquid phase is visible as orange regions within the solid (yellow) phase at the final time of the simulation. In dimensional variables, the simulation domain length is roughly 10 mm and the final time of the simulation 295 h. The maximum fluid speed in the color bar is roughly 0.1 μm/s, and the maximum vorticity 2 × 10−3 s−1. A video of this simulation is available in Supplementary Movie 1.
