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This surface evolver file is modeling the two-phase fluid interface of a side droplet in a laterally compressed tube.
The cross-sectional geometry of the compressed tube consists of flat plates with circular end caps. To control the amount of compression, we use ratio between the length of the flat plates and radius of the circular end caps. Liquid in an air-filled lung passage is of interest in various health-related fields, one in particular is how liquid forms in non-circular lung capillaries. This geometry is also useful in understanding how gas can block liquid in small fuel lines which are subject to non-uniformities, such as manufacturing tolerances and pinching. In the past, scientists were only able to analytically solve for axis-symmetric geometries. With the advent of Surface Evolver, we are now able to solve complex, non-symmetric static fluid problems for various contact angles. |
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This surface evolver file is modeling the two-phase fluid interface of a an annulus in a laterally compressed tube.
The cross-sectional geometry of the compressed tube consists of flat plates with circular end caps. To control the amount of compression, we use ratio between the length of the flat plates and radius of the circular end caps. Liquid in an air-filled lung passage is of interest in various health-related fields, one in particular is how liquid forms in non-circular lung capillaries. This geometry is also useful in understanding how gas can block liquid in small fuel lines which are subject to non-uniformities, such as manufacturing tolerances and pinching. In the past, scientists were only able to analytically solve for axis-symmetric geometries. With the advent of Surface Evolver, we are now able to solve complex, non-symmetric static fluid problems for various contact angles. | 
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