Thin Films of Soft Matter [electronic resource] /
International Centre for Mechanical Sciences.
Kalliadasis, S.editor.
Thiele, Uwe.editor.
A detailed overview and comprehensive analysis of the main theoretical and experimental advances on free surface thin film and jet flows of soft matter is given. At the theoretical front the book outlines the basic equations and boundary conditions and the derivation of low-dimensional models for the evolution of the free surface. Such models include long-wave expansions and equations of the boundary layer type and are analyzed via linear stability analysis, weakly nonlinear theories and strongly nonlinear analysis including construction of stationary periodic and solitary wave and similarity solutions. At the experimental front a variety of very recent experimental developments is outlined and the link between theory and experiments is illustrated. Such experiments include spreading drops and bubbles, imbibitions, singularity formation at interfaces and experimental characterization of thin films using atomic force microscopy, ellipsometry and contact angle measurements and analysis of patterns using Minkowski functionals.
At head of title: International Centre for Mechanical Sciences.
Includes bibliographical references.
Structure Formation in Thin Liquid Films: Interface Forces Unleashed -- Structure Formation in Thin Liquid Films -- Singularities and Similarities -- Three-Phase Capillarity -- Falling Films Under Complicated Conditions -- Miscible Fingering in Electrokinetic Flow: Symmetries and Zero Modes.
A detailed overview and comprehensive analysis of the main theoretical and experimental advances on free surface thin film and jet flows of soft matter is given. At the theoretical front the book outlines the basic equations and boundary conditions and the derivation of low-dimensional models for the evolution of the free surface. Such models include long-wave expansions and equations of the boundary layer type and are analyzed via linear stability analysis, weakly nonlinear theories and strongly nonlinear analysis including construction of stationary periodic and solitary wave and similarity solutions. At the experimental front a variety of very recent experimental developments is outlined and the link between theory and experiments is illustrated. Such experiments include spreading drops and bubbles, imbibitions, singularity formation at interfaces and experimental characterization of thin films using atomic force microscopy, ellipsometry and contact angle measurements and analysis of patterns using Minkowski functionals.
Fluid mechanics.
Statistical physics.
Dynamical systems.
Fluids.
Amorphous substances.
Complex fluids.
Materials-Surfaces.
Thin films.
Engineering Fluid Dynamics.
Complex Systems.
Fluid- and Aerodynamics.
Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.
Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.
Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.
Courses and lectures /