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. 2006 Sep;21(1):49-56.
doi: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10044-x. Epub 2006 Oct 19.

Shear modulus of two-dimensional foams: the effect of area dispersity and disorder

S J Cox  1 , E L Whittick
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Shear modulus of two-dimensional foams: the effect of area dispersity and disorder

S J Cox et al. Eur Phys J E Soft Matter. 2006 Sep.

Abstract

We use the Surface Evolver to determine the shear modulus G of a dry 2D foam of 2500 bubbles, using both extensional and simple shear. We examine G for a range of monodisperse, bidisperse and polydisperse foams, and relate it to various measures of the structural disorder of each foam. In all cases, the shear modulus of a foam decreases with increasing disorder.

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