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ACADEMIC LABORATORIES
The following academic laboratories are involved in aqueous foam research spanning a wide range of interests. The listing is by country and alphabetical by principal researcher surname. The character of the individual program is best evaluated by viewing the references. The contact information is incomplete and, in addition, there are likely laboratories involved which are not listed. Foamman will modify the listing as the information becomes available. If the readers have additional information, please send it. Some publications are listed.
The academic laboratories on this page are as follows:
Ken Brakke, Susquehanna University
Douglas Durian, University of Pennsylvania
George Hirasaki, Rice University
Glynn Holt, Boston University
Stephen Koehler, Emory University
Gregory McDaniel, Boston University
Clayton Radke, University of California, Berkeley
William Rossen, University of Texas
Eli Ruckenstein, State University of New York at Buffalo
D.T. Wasan, Illinois Institute of Technology
Bruce Gardiner, University of Melbourne
Graeme Jameson, University of Newcastle
Bogdan Dlugogorski, University of Newcastle
Denis Weaire, Trinity College
UNITED STATES -
Ken Brakke
Susquehanna University
Mathematics Department
009 Seibert Hall
Selingrove, PA 17870-1001
Telephone, 570-372-4466, Fax 570-372-2743
Soap Films and Covering Spaces
J. Geom. Anal., Vol. 5, #4, 445-514 (1995)
Numerical Solution of Soap Film Dual Problems
Experimental Mathematics, Vol. 4, 269-287 (1995)
Using Symmetry Features of the Surface Evolver to Study Foams
"Mathematics and Visualization", Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1997
Instability of the Wet X Soap Film
J. Geom. Anal. Vol. 8, #5, 749-768 (1998)
Instability of the Wet Cube Cone Soap Film
Preprint
Instabilities of cylindrical bubble clusters
Eur. Phys. J. E 9, 453-460 (2002)
Douglas J. Durian
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Department of Physics
209 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Telephone, 215-898-8147; Fax, 215-898-2010
Multiple Light Scattering Probes of Foam Structure and Dynamics
Science 252, 686-689 (1991)
Scaling Behavior in Shaving Cream
Phys. Rev. A44, R7902-R7905 (1991)
Viscous and Elastic Fingering Instabilities in Foam
Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 3347-3350 (1994)
Relaxation in Aqueous Foams
Bulletin of the Materials Research Society, 19, 20-23 (1994)

Nonlinear Bubble Dynamics in a Slowly Driven Foam
Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 2610-2613 (1995)
Foam Mechanics at the Bubble Scale
Phys. Rev. Lett., 75, 4780-4783 (1995)
Fast Thermal Dynamics in Aqueous Foams
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 14, 150-155 (1997)
Bubble-scale Model of Foam Mechanics: Melting, Nonlinear Behavior, and Avalanches
Phys. Rev. E55, 1739-1751 (1997)
Fast, Non-evolutionary Dynamics in Foams
Curr. Op. in Coll. I. Sci. 2, 615-621 (1997)
Shear-induced Melting of an Aqueous Foam
In Press
George J. Hirasaki
Department of Chemical Engineering
Rice University
Abercrombie Laboratory B-245
PO Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892
Telephone, 713-348-5416; Fax, 713-348-5478
Field Demonstration of the Surfactant/Foam Process for Remediation of a Heterogeneous Aquifer Contaminated with DNAPL
NAPL Removal: Surfactants, Foams, and Microemulsions, S. Fiorenza, et al, editors, Lewis Publishers (2000).
A brief summary of this project is available.
Mobility of Foam in Heterogeneous Media: Flow Parallel and Perpendicular to Stratification
SPEJ, 203-212, June (2002)
R. Glynn Holt
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
110 Cummington Street
Boston University
Boston, MA 02215
Telephone, 617-353-9594
Faraday Wave Turbulence on a Spherical Liquid Shell
Physical Review Letters, 77, 1274-77 (1996)
Observation of Stability Boundaries in the Parameter Space of Single Bubble Sonoluminescence
Physical Review Letters, 77, 3791-94 (1996)
Surface-Controlled Drop Oscillations in Space
J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 102, 3802 (1997)
Driven and Freely Decaying Nonlinear Shape Oscillations of Drops and Bubbles Immersed in a Liquid: Experimental Results.
J. Fluid Mech., 364, 253 (1998)
Experimental Observations of Bubble Response and Light Intensity Near the Threshold for Single Bubble Sonoluminescence in and Air-Water System.
Phys. Rev. E. 59, 5945 (1999)
Stephan Koehler
Department of Physics
Emory University N238
400 Dowman Drive NE
Atlanta, GA 30322-2430
Telephone, Office, 404-727-9285, Laboratory, 404,727-7682
Dynamics of Foam Drainage
Physical Review E 58, 2097 (1998)
Liquid Flow Through Aqueous Foams: The Node Dominated Foam Drainage Equation
Physical Review Letters 82, 4232 (1999)
Foam Drainage and a New Model
Proceedings of the International Workshop of Foams and Films (Leuven, Belgium), edited by J. Banhart and D. Weaire (MIT Verlag, Bremen, 1999)
A Generalized View of Foam Drainage: Experiments and Theory
Langmuir 16, 6327 (2000)
Analysis of Pulsed Drainage in a Hele-Shaw Cell
Proceedings of the 3rd Euro Conference on Foams, Emulsions and Applications (Delft, Holland), edited by J. Banhart and D. Weaire (MIT Verlag, Bremen, 2000)
An Accurate von Neumann's Law for Three Dimensional Foams
Physical Review Letters 86, 2685 (2001)
Flow Along Two Dimensions of Liquid Pulses in Foams: Experiment and Theory
Europhysics Letters 54, 335 (2001)
Dynamics of Coarsening Foams: Accelerated and Self-Limiting Drainage
Physical review Letters 86, 4704 (2001)
Drainage of Single Plateau Borders: Direct Observation of Rigid and Mobile Interfaces
Physical Review E 66, 040601 (2002)
Perspectives on Foam Drainage and the Influence of Interfacial Rheology
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 15, S283-S290 (2003)
J. Gregory McDaniel
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Boston University
110 Cummington Street
Boston, MA 02215
Telephone, 617-353-4847 or 617-648-4171, Fax, 603-971-4545
Measurement of Aqueous Foam Drop Dynamics and Viscoelastic Properties by Acoustic Levitation
Physical Review E, 61, 2204-2207 (2000)
Clayton J. Radke
Department of Chemical Engineering
101C Gilman Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1462
Telephone, 510-642-5204, Fax 510-642-4778
Foam Protected Natural Gas Storage Reservoirs
Proceedings of AGA, 350-353 (1983)
An Experimental Investigation of Gas Bubble Breakup in Constricted Square Capillaries
J. Pet. Tech. 39 (9), 1137-1146 (1987)
Weeping Flow Around Nonwetting Bubbles Trapped in Constricted Noncircular Pores
Physico Chemical Hydrodynamics 8 (3), 255-263 (1987)
Mechanisms of Foam Generation in Glass Bead Packs
SPE Reservoir Engineering 3 (2), 573-585 (1988)
Experimental Determination of Gas Bubble Breakup in a Constricted Cylindrical Capillary
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 27 (7), 1282-1291 (1988)
Dynamics of Haines Jumps for Compressible Bubbles in Constricted Capillaries
AIChE J. 35 (2), 230-240 (1989)
Aqueous Foams for Control of Gas Migration and Water Coning in Aquifier Gas Storage
Energy Sources 12, 479-497 (1990)
A Pore Level Investigation of Foam/Oil Interactions in Porous Media
SPE Reservoir Engineering 5 (4), 495-503 (1990)
A Laboratory Investigation of Foam Flow in Sandstone at Elevated Pressure
SPE Reservoir Engineering 6 (3), 365-372 (1991)
Influence of Texture on Steady Foam Flow in Berea Sandstone
SPE Reservoir Engineering 7 (1), 83-90 (1992)
Equilibrium Measurements of Oscillatory Disjoining Pressures in Aqueous Foam Films
Langmuir 8 (12), 3020-3026 (1992)
Generalized Entering Coefficients: A Criterion for Foam Stability Against Oil in Porous Media
Langmuir, 9(7), 1704-1713 (1993)
The Influence of Disjoining Pressure on Foam Stability and Flow in Porous Media
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical Eng. Aspects, 83, 109-120 (1994)
Foam Flow Through a Transparent Rough-Walled Rock Fracture
Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering, 13, 75-86 (1995)
The Motion of Long Bubbles in Polygonal Capillaries. Part 1. Thin Films.
J. Fluid Mechanics 292, 71-94 (1995)
The Motion of Long Bubbles in Polygonal Capillaries. Part 2. Drag, Fluid Pressure and Fluid Flow
J. Fluid Mechanics 292, 95-110 (1995)
A Mechanistic Population Balance Model for Transient and Steady-State Foam Flow in Boise Sandstone
Chemical Engineering Science 50 (23), 3783-3799 (1995)
Two-Dimensional Network Simulation of Diffusion Driven Coarsening of Foam Inside a Porous Medium
J. Colloid and Interface Science 179, 357-373 (1996)
Onset of Mobilization and the Fraction of Trapped Foam in Porous Media
Transport in Porous Media, 28, 253-284 (1997)
Mechanistic Foam Flow Simulation in Heterogeneous and Multidimensional Porous Media
Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal 2, 511-526 (1997)
Surface Conductivity and Disjoining Pressure of Common Black Films Stabilized with Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 203, 69-82 (1998)
Equilibrium Configurations of Liquid Droplets on Solid Surfaces under the Influence of Thin-Film Forces, Part I. Thermodynamics
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 156, 137-144 (1999)
Equilibrium Configurations of Liquid Droplets on Solid Surfaces under the Influence of Thin-Film Forces, Part I. Shape Calculations
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 156, 525-546 (1999)
Transient Foam Displacement in the Presence of Residual Oil: Experiment and Simulation Using a Population-Balance Model
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 39, 2725-2741 (2000)
Equilibrium Force Isotherms of a Deformable Bubble/Drop Interacting with a Solid Particle Across a Thin Liquid Film
Langmuir 17, 116-139(2001)
William R. Rossen
Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, CPE 4.168A
Austin, TX 78712-1061
Telephone, 512-471-3246, Fax, 512-471-9605
A New Percolation Statistic With Unusual Properties
J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 21, L533 (1988)
Percolation Theory of Creation and Mobilization of Foams in Porous Media
AIChE J. 36, 1176 (1990)
Theory of Minimum Pressure Gradient of Flowing Foams in Porous Media. I. Incompressible Foam
J. Colloid Interface Sci. 136, 1 (1990)
Theory of Minimum Pressure Gradient of Flowing Foams in Porous Media. II. Effect of Compressibility
J. Colloid Interface Sci. 136, 17 (1990)
Theory of Minimum Pressure Gradient of Flowing Foams in Porous Media. III. Asymmetric Lamella Shapes,
J. Colloid Interface Sci. 136, 38 (1990)
Minimum Pressure Gradient for Foam Flow in Porous Media: Effect of Interactions with Stationary Lamellae
J. Colloid Interface Sci. 139, 457 (1990)
Size Distribution of Blocked Clusters on a Bethe Tree
J. Phys. A: Math Gen. 24, 5155 (1991)
Rheology of Foam in Porous Media at the Limiting Capillary Pressure
Revue de l'Institut Francais du Petrole 47, 68 (1992)
Single- and Two-Phase Flow in Natural Fractures
Paper SPE 24915, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Washington, DC, Oct. 4-6, 1992
Minimal Path for Transport in Networks
Phys. Rev. B 47, 11, 815 (1993)
Percolation Modeling of Foam Generation in Porous Media
AIChE J. 40, 1082 (1994)
Applying Fractional-Flow Theory to Foams for Diversion in Matrix Acidization
SPE Prod. Fac. 9, 29 (1994)
Fluid Placement in Matrix Acidizing
Paper SPE 27982, SPE Centennial Petroleum Engineering Symposium, Tulsa, OK, Aug. 29-31, 1994.
Sensitivity Study of Foam Diversion Processes for Matrix Acidization
Paper SPE 28550, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, Sept. 26-28, 1994
Effect of Fracture Relative Permeabilities on Performance of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
Paper SPE 28700, SPE International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition of Mexico, Veracruz, Mexico, Oct. 10-13, 1994
Modeling Foam Mobility at the Limiting Capillary Pressure
SPE Adv. Technol. 3, 146 (1995)
Applying Fractional-Flow Theory to Foam Processes at the Limiting Capillary Pressure
SPE Adv. Technol. 3, 154 (1995)
Improved Prediction of Foam Diversion in Matrix Acidization
Paper SPE 29529, SPE Production Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, OK, April 2-4, 1995
Simplified Mechanistic Modeling of Foam Processes for Improved Oil Recovery
Proc. 8th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Vienna, Austria, May 15-17 1995
Coreflood Study of Surfactant-Alternating-Gas Foam Processes: Implications for Field Design
Paper SPE 38318, SPE Western Regional Meeting, Long Beach, CA, June 25-27, 1997
Effect of Capillary Crossflow on Foam Improved Oil Recovery
Paper SPE 38319, SPE Western Regional Meeting, Long Beach, CA, June 25-27, 1997
Measurement of Aperture and Multiphase Flow in Fractures Using NMR Imaging
SPE Form. Eval. 9, 101 (1997).
Simulation of Gravity Override in Foam Processes in Porous Media
SPE Reserv. Eval. and Eng. 1, 148-154 (April 1998)
Improved Surfactant-Alternating-Gas Foam Process to Control Gravity Override
Paper SPE 39653, SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, April 19-22, 1998
Modeling Foams for Acid Diversion
SPE Journal, 4, 92-100 (June 1999)
Simplified Mechanistic Simulation of Foam Processes in Porous Media
SPE Journal, 4, 279-287 (Sept. 1999)
Foam Generation at Layer Boundaries in Porous Media
SPE Journal, 4, 409-412 (Dec. 1999)
Anomalous Capillary Pressure, Stress and Stability of Solids-Coated Bubbles
J. Colloid Interface Sci. 213, 329-339 (1999)
Stability of Solids-Coated Liquid Layers Between Bubbles
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 39, 2742-2745 (2000)
Snap-Off in Constricted Tubes and Porous Media
Colloids Surfaces A: Physicochem Eng. Aspects, 166, 101-107 (2000)
Simulating Foam Processes at High and Low Foam Qualities
Paper SPE 59287, SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK, 3-5 April, 2000
Connectivity and Permeability in Fracture Networks Obeying Power-Law Statistics
SPE 59720, SPE Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, TX, 21-23 March, 2000
Dynamic Viscosity of Foam in Porous Media
Proc. Euro Conference on Foams, Emulsions and Applications, Delft, The Netherlands, 5-8 June 2000
Gas Trapping in Foam in Porous Media
Proc. Euro Conference on Foams, Emulsions and Applications, Delft, The Netherlands, 5-8 June 2000
Diffusive Growth and Compressibility of Bubbles in Porous Media
Proc. Euro Conference on Foams, Emulsions and Applications, Delft, The Netherlands, 5-8 June 2000
Effective Compressibility of a Bubbly Slurry: I. Theory of Behavior of Bubbles Trapped in Porous Media
J. Colloid Interface Science, 241, 248-259 (2001)
Effective Compressibility of a Bubbly Slurry: II. Fitting Numerical Results to Field Data and Implications
J. Colloid Interface Science, 241, 260-268 (2001)
A Unified Model for Steady-State Foam Behavior at High and Low Foam Qualities
SPE Journal, 6, 325-333, September, 2001
Optimal Injection Strategies for Foam IOR
Paper SPE 75180, SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK, April 13-17, 2002
Extending Foam Technology from Improved Oil Recovery to Environmental Remediation
Paper SPE 77557, SPE 2002 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, 29 Sept. - 2 October, 2002
A Model for Foam Generation in Homogeneous Porous Media
Paper SPE 77698, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, 29 Sept. - 2 October, 2002
The Yield Stress of Foamy Sands
Colloids Surfaces A: Physicochemical Eng. Aspects, 202 (1), 53-62 (2002)
The Compressibility of Foamy Sands
Colloids Surfaces A: Physicochemical Eng. Aspects, 202 (1), 63-70 (2002)
Simulation of Dynamic Foam-Acid Diversion Processes
Accepted by SPE J.
Foam Generation in Homogeneous Porous Media
Accepted by Chem. Eng. Sci.
Gravity Segregation in Steady-State Horizontal Flow in Homogeneous Reservoirs
Submitted to J. Petr. Sci. Eng.
A Review of Snap-Off as a Mechanism of Steady-State Foam Generation in Homogeneous Porous Media
Submitted to Colloids Surfaces A: Physicochemical Eng. Aspects.
Effective Viscosity of Foams in Periodically Constricted Tubes
Submitted to Colloids Surfaces A: Physicochemical Eng. Aspects.
Eli Ruckenstein
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo
303 Furnas Hall
PO Box 604200
Buffalo, NY 14260-4200
Telephone, 716-645-2911 ext 2214, Fax, 716-645-3822
Drainage of a Standing Foam
Langmuir, 11, 1486 (1995)
Ostwald Ripening: A Stochastic Approach
J. Chem. Physics, 103, 7120 (1995)
Foams and Concentrated Emulsions: Dynamics and "Phase" Behavior
Langmuir, 11, 4642 (1995)
Modeling of the Generation and Collapse of Aqueous Foams
Langmuir, 12, 3089 (1996)
Effect of Surfactant and Salt Concentrations on the Drainage and Collapse of Foams Involving Ionic Surfactants
Langmuir, 12, 4134 (1996)
Drainage and Coalescence in Standing Foams
J. Colloid & Interface Science, 191, 184 (1997)
Darsh T. Wasan
Department of Chemical Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology
3300 South Federal Street
228 Perlstein Hall
Chicago, IL 60616-3793
Telephone, 312-567-3001
Foams, Films, and Surface Rheological Properties
Progress in Surface Science, 39, 119 (1992)
The Oscillatory Deep Channel Interfacial Rheometer
Rev. of Scientific Instruments, 65 (8), 2675-2679 (1994)
Mechanisms for Antifoaming Action in Aqueous Systems by Hydrophobic Particles and Insoluble Liquids
J. Colloid and Interface Sci., 166 (1), 225-238 (1994)

AUSTRALIA -

Bruce Gardiner
The University of Melbourne
Mathematics and Statistics
Richard Berry Building, Room G22
Victoria 3010 Australia
Telephone, +61-3-8344-6517, Fax, +61-3-8344-4599
Yield Stress Measurements of Aqueous Foams in the Dry Limit
J. Rheol, 42, 1437-50 (1998)
Rheology of Fire Fighting Foams
Fire Safety J., 31 (1), 61-65 (1998)
The Evolution of Defects in a Two Dimensional Wet Foam
J. Physics - Condensed Matter, 11, 5295-5311 (1999)
Prediction of Pressure Losses in Pipe Flow of Aqueous Foams
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 38, 1099-1106 (1999)
The Steady Shear of Three Dimensional Wet Polydisperse Foams
J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 92, 151-166 (2000)
Mechanical Response of Sediments to Bubble Growth
Marine Geology 187, 347-363 (2002)
Growth of Disk Shaped Bubbles in Sediments
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 67, #8, 1485-1494 (2003)
Graeme Jameson
Bogdan Dlugogorski
Department of Engineering
ARC Centre for Multiphase Processes
The University of Newcastle
Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
Telephone, +61-2-49-21-6181, Fax, +61-2-49-60-1445
Flow and Rheology of High Expansion Foams in Pipes
12th International Congress on Rheology
Quebec City, Canada, pages 701-702, August, 1996.
Multiphase Overhead Compressed-Air Foam System and Its Fire Suppression Performance
J. Fire Protection Engineering, 8 (3), 133-150 (1997)
Behavior of Foams in Tubular Flow
Proceedings of the 2nd Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology, pages 75-76, 1997
Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Static and Shear Flow Behavior of Wet Foams
Proceedings of the 25th Australian & New Zealand Chemical Engineering Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand, FL69-FL76, 1997
Attenuation of Thermal Radiation by Aqueous Foams
Proceedings of the 25th Australian & New Zealand Chemical Engineering Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand, SF33-SF48, 1997
A Method to Estimate the Stability of Viscous Foamed Dispersions
Proceedings of the 25th Australian & New Zealand Chemical Engineering Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand, FL61-FL68, 1997
Predicting Pressure Losses in Pumping of Compressed Air Fire Fighting Foams
5th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Melbourne, March, 1997
Effect of Thermal Radiation on Stability of Fire Fighting Foams
5th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Melbourne, March, 1997
Molecular Dynamic Simulation of 3D Disordered Wet Foams
NATO School on Foams, Emulsions and Cellular Structures, Cargese, May, 1997
Effect of Aging on the Absorption of Thermal Radiation by Aqueous Foams
2nd International Symposium on Fire and Explosive Hazards, Moscow, July, 1997
Foams and Foaming Technology for On-line Processing
RCR-ACS Meeting, November, 1997
Carbonated Beverages - the Physics of the Cycle of Bubble Production
Chem. Eng. Sci., 53, 169-173 (1998)
Yield Stress Measurements of Aqueous Foams in the Dry Limit
J. Rheol, 42, 1437-50 (1998)
Rheology of Fire Fighting Foams
Fire Safety J., 31 (1), 61-65 (1998)
Prediction of Pressure Losses in Pipe Flow of Aqueous Foams
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 38, 1099-1106 (1999)
Factors Affecting the Stability of Foamed Concentrated Emulsions
Colloids Surf. A.: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 150, 175-87 (1999)
Bubble Size Distribution and Coarsening of Aqueous Foams
Chem. Engr. Sci., 54, 4007-4022 (1999)
The Evolution of Defects in a Two Dimensional Wet Foam
J. Physics - Condensed Matter, 11, 5295-5311 (1999)
The Performance of Aged Aqueous Foams for Mitigation of Thermal Radiation
Dev. Chem. Engr. Min. Proc. J., 8, 93-112 (2000)
The Steady Shear of Three Dimensional Wet Polydisperse Foams
J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 92, 151-166 (2000)
A Comparative Study of Drainage Characteristics of AFFF and FFFP Compressed Air Fire Fighting Foams
Fire Safety Journal, 37, 21-52 (2002)
Liquid Drainage in Single Plateau Borders of Foam
Science, 249, 194-199 (2002)
Liquid Drainage in a Rising Foam
Eurofoam, Manchester, UK, July 7-10, 2002
Flotation of Submicron Particles
Proceedings of World Congress on Particle technology 4, Sydney, Australia, July 21-25 (2002)
Measurements of Bubble-Particle Interaction Forces by Atomic Force Microscopy
9th APCChE 2002 and Chemeca 2002, Christchurch, New Zealand, September 29-October 3, 2002
The Choice of Representative Bubble Size When Modeling Foam Drainage
Submitted to Colloids and Surfaces A
The Free Drainage of Reconstituted Egg White Froth
Submitted to Trans. I. Chem. E. C
Suspension of Particles from the Bottom of Pipes and Stirred Tanks by Gassed and Ungassed Flows
Submitted to Can. J. Chem. Engr.
Coarsening of Two and Three Dimensional Wet Polydisperse Foams
Phil. Mag. A, in press.

IRELAND -

D.L. Weaire
Foam Physics at Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2, Ireland
Telephone, +353-1-6081675, Fax, +353-1-6711759
Cylindrical Packings of Foam Cells
Forma 7, 259 (1992)
Steady-State Drainage of an Aqueous Foam
Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 2670 (1993)
Stress and Strain in Liquid and Solid Foams
Adv. in Physics, 43, 685 (1994)
A Counterexample to Kelvin's Conjecture on Minimal Surfaces
Phil. Mag. Lett. 69, 107-110 (1994)
The Osmotic Pressure of a Two-Dimensional Disordered Foam
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 7, L657 (1995)
Computation of Equilibrium Foam Structures Using the Surface Evolver
Exp. Math. 4, 181-192 (1995)
The Effects of Plateau Borders in the Two-Dimensional Soap Froth: III. Further Results.
Phil. Mag. B71, 277 (1995).
Measurement of Foam Drainage Using AC Conductivity
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 7, L217 (1995)
Measurement of Foam Density Profiles Using AC Capacitance
Europhys. Lett., 31, 497 (1995)
The Conductivity of a Foam
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 8, L475-482 (1996)
The Physics of Foam
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 8, 9519 (1996)
The Kelvin Problem: Foam Structures of Minimal Surface
Taylor & Francis, ISBN 0748406328, November, 1997
Moving Boundaries in Ordered Cylindrical Foam Structures
Phil. Mag. B75, 845 (1997)
A Review of Foam Drainage
Advances in Chemical Physics, 102, 315-374 (1997)
Watch Your Head: New Experiments and Theory on Foam Drainage
Procedings of the Fifth Meeting of the European Brewery Convention Foam Subgroup, pages 41-52, Zouterwoude, The Netherlands, 1997
Model Simulations of Two-Dimensional Liquid and Solid Foams
15th IMACS World Congress on Scientific Computation, Modeling and Applied Mathematics
Edited by A. Sydow, Volume 3, 277-282, Wissenschaft und Technik, Verlag, Berlin (1997)
Effect of Rheology on Foam Drainage
Langmuir, 14, 4663-4665 (1998)
New Variations on the Soap Film Experiments of Plateau: I. Experiments Under Forced Drainage.
Phil. Mag. B78, 1-12 (1998)
Convective Instability in Foam Drainage
Europhys. Lett 41, 461-465 (1998)
Nonlinear Phenomena in Soap Froth
Physica A, 257, 264-274 (1998)
Making, Modeling and Measuring Foams
Europhysics News, 30, #3, 73-75 (1999)
The Equilibrium Structure of Soap Froths: Inversion and Decoration
Phil. Mag. Lett. 79, 491-495 (1999)
The Deformation of Soap Film Junctions by Applied Forces
Phil. Mag. Letters, 79, 887-896 (1999)
Bubble Sorting Under Forced Drainage
Phil. Mag. Letters, 80, 41-48 (2000)
Foam Coarsening Under Forced Drainage
Phil. Mag. Letters, 80, 419-425 (2000)
Applications and Generalizations of the Foam Drainage Equation
Proc. Roy. Soc. 456, 2441-2464 (2000)
Vertex Corrections in the Theory of Foam Drainage
J. Phys: Condensed Matter 13, 4863-4869 (2001)
Uniqueness, Stability and Hessian Eigenvalues for Two Dimensional Foam Structure
Eur. Phys. J. E7, 123-127 (2002)
The Transition from Two Dimensional to Three Dimensional Foam Structures
Eur. Phys. J. E7, 311-315 (2002)
Properties of Three Dimensional Bubbles of Constant Mean Curvature
Phil. Mag. Lett. 83, 281-293 (2003)
Minimal Perimeter for N Identical Bubbles in Two Dimensions
Phil. Mag. 83, 1393-1406 (2003)
Large Two Dimensional Clusters of Equal Area Bubbles
Phil. Mag. 83, 2573-2584 (2003)
Dilatancy in Liquid Foams
Phil. Mag. 83, 2747-2760 (2003)
Approaching the Dry Limit in Foam
Phil. Mag. 83, 2973-2987 (2003)
Topological Changes in a Two Dimensional Foam Cluster
Eur. Phys. J. E11, 29-35 (2003)