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Sheared Foam as a Supercooled Liquid?

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Author(s)

Stephen A. Langer, A J. Liu

Abstract

We conduct numerical simulations on a simple model of a two-dimensional steady-state sheared foam, and define a quantity Γ that measures pressure fluctuations in the constant-area system. This quantity reduces to the temperature in an equilibrium system. We find that the relation between the viscosity and Γ is the same as the one between viscosity and temperature in a supercooled liquid. This is the first evidence of a common phenomenon linking these two very different systems.
Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
49
Issue
1
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

foam, supercooled liquids, viscosity

Citation

Langer, S. and Liu, A. (2000), Sheared Foam as a Supercooled Liquid?, Physical Review Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=150742 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created January 1, 2000, Updated February 17, 2017
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