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Area of Science:

  • Rheology and Soft Matter Physics

Background:

  • Interface roughness is a critical factor influencing the flow behavior of complex liquids.
  • Understanding friction at interfaces is essential for predicting and controlling liquid foam dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of surface roughness on the flow of dry liquid foams.
  • To identify and characterize distinct friction regimes based on interface topography.

Main Methods:

  • Combined stress measurements and visual flow observations of rough surfaces moving within dry liquid foams.
  • Analysis of friction regimes including slippage, stick-slip motion, and anchored soap films.

Main Results:

  • Identified three distinct friction regimes: slippage, stick-slip motion, and anchored soap films.
  • Validated stress measurements for slippage and anchored regimes against existing models.
  • Proposed a leverage rule for stress characterization in the stick-slip regime.

Conclusions:

  • The occurrence of stick-slip or anchored regimes is governed by the roughness factor.
  • Roughness factor is defined as the ratio of surface asperity size to Plateau border curvature radius.