Continuum Model for Nanoscale Multiphase Flows

Abstract

We propose a nonlocal model for surface tension. This model, in combination with the Landau-Lifshitz-Navier-Stokes equations, describes mesoscale features of the multiphase flow, including the static (pressure) tensor and curvature dependence of surface tension. The nonlocal model is obtained in the form of an integral of a molecular-force-like function added into the momentum conservation equation. We present an analytical steady-state solution for fluid pressure at the fluid-fluid interface and numerical Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics solutions that reveal the mesoscopic features of the proposed model.