Juan M. Gomba, Ph. D. (UNICEN - 2006)

Fulbright Scholar at the Unitversity of California - Santa Barbara

Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5070
Office: Room 2229 Engineering II Building
E-mail: jgomba*engineering.ucsb.edu (change '*' by 'at')

Current work

• Thermocapillary migration of droplets, in collaboration with George 'Bud' Homsy.

Recent Publications

• Regimes of thermocapillary migration of droplets under partial wetting conditions. Gomba, J. M. & Homsy, G. M. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 647, 125-142 (2010)
• Analytical Solutions for Partially Wetting Two-Dimensional Droplets. Gomba, J. M. & Homsy, G. M. Langmuir 25 (10), 5684–5691 (2009)
• Stability study of a constant-volume thin film flow. Gomba, J. M., Diez, J, Gratton, R., González, A. G., Kondic L. Physical Review E 76, 046308 (2007)
• Rupture of a fluid strip under partial wetting conditions. González, A. G., Diez J., Gratton, R., Gomba, J. M. EPL 77, 44001 (2007)
• Unstable spreading of a fluid filament on a vertical plane: Experiments and simulations. Diez, J, González, A. G., Gomba, J. M., Gratton, R., Kondic, L. Physica D 209, 49-61 (2005)
• Spreading of a micrometric fluid strip down a plane under controlled initial conditions. Gomba, J. M., Diez, J, González, A. G., y Gratton, R. Physical Review E 71, 016304 (2005)
• Spreading of a thin two-dimensional strip of fluid on a vertical plane: Experiments and modelling.González, A. G., Diez, J, Gomba, J. M., Gratton, R. y Kondic, L. Physical Review E 70, 026309 (2004)