Capillary Surfaces: Shape - Stability - Dynamics, in Particular Under Weightlessness (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics)

✍ Scribed by Dieter W. Langbein

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 373
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Featuring a foreword by the astronaut Ulf Merbold, this book is devoted to interfaces between two fluids, that is, between a liquid and a gas or between two liquids. It is the first review on the subject, providing an up-to-date overview.

✦ Table of Contents

Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
Volume 178......Page 1
Springer Tracts in Modern Physics......Page 2
Capillary Surfaces......Page 3
Foreword......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Notation......Page 15
1.1 Space Missions......Page 17
1.2 Interdisciplinary Stimuli......Page 22
1.3 Problems of Fluid Physics......Page 25
1.4 Zero Mass Acceleration or Weightlessness......Page 29
1.5 Flight Selection and Simulation......Page 31
References......Page 34
2.1 Molecular Attraction and Condensation......Page 37
2.2 The Interface Tension......Page 40
2.3 The Static Contact Angle......Page 46
2.4 The Dynamic Contact Angle......Page 47
2.5 Merging of Drops and Bubbles......Page 51
2.6 Adhesion Forces in Liquid Films......Page 53
References......Page 54
3.1 Balance of Forces......Page 56
3.2 Minimization of Energy......Page 59
3.3 Analytical Solutions of the Capillary Equation......Page 62
3.4 Axisymmetric Surfaces......Page 67
3.5 Container Shape and Wetting......Page 72
3.6 Drops at Low Bond Numbers......Page 74
3.7 Representations of the Capillary Equation......Page 76
References......Page 80
4.1 Stability of Capillary Surfaces......Page 81
4.2 Breakage of Cylindrical Surfaces......Page 83
4.3 Second Variation of Energy......Page 87
4.4 Normal Deformations of Liquid Zones......Page 89
4.5 Nonaxisymmetric Instabilities......Page 93
4.6 The Minimum-Volume Condition......Page 97
4.7 Linear Stability Analysis......Page 99
References......Page 101
5.1 Introduction......Page 103
5.2 The Normal Deformations......Page 104
5.3 Nearly Cylindrical Surfaces......Page 115
5.4 Rotating Free Drops......Page 120
References......Page 131
6.1 Liquid Bridges Between Parallel Plates......Page 133
6.2 Double Float Zones......Page 149
References......Page 161
7.1 Introduction......Page 162
7.2 Straight Wetting Barriers......Page 164
7.3 Liquid Surfaces in Wedges......Page 171
7.4 Taylor Expansions at Small Radii......Page 175
7.5 Liquid Surfaces in Square Cylinders, cos γ1 + cos γ2 = 0......Page 177
7.6 Towards Modeling Canthotaxis......Page 182
References......Page 190
8.1 Introduction......Page 191
8.2 The Integral Theorem for Cylindrical Vessels......Page 194
8.3 Examples......Page 198
8.4 Stability of Convex Cylindrical Surfaces......Page 211
8.5 The MAXUS Experiment DYLCO......Page 217
References......Page 223
9.1 Spherical Surfaces at Edges and Corners......Page 224
9.2 Transition Between the Corner and the Wedge......Page 233
References......Page 244
10.1 Proboscides......Page 246
10.2 Exotic Containers......Page 257
References......Page 269
11.1 About the Momentum, or Navier–Stokes, Equation......Page 270
11.2 Penetration into Capillaries......Page 272
11.3 Dynamics of Liquids in Edges and Corners......Page 283
11.4 The Geometric Friction Coefficient Φ......Page 289
References......Page 296
12.1 Introduction......Page 297
12.2 Theory......Page 298
12.3 Experiments......Page 312
12.4 Lateral Oscillations of Liquid Bridges......Page 322
References......Page 331
13.1 TEXUS 1–39......Page 333
13.2 MAXUS 1–4......Page 346
13.3 MiniTEXUS 1–6......Page 347
13.4 MASER 1–8......Page 348
13.5 SPAR I–X......Page 350
13.6 TR-IA 1–7......Page 353
13.7 Skylab, May 1973......Page 355
13.8 Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP)......Page 356
13.9 Spacelab 1 (STS-9)......Page 357
13.10 Spacelab 3 (STS-51B)......Page 358
13.11 Spacelab D-1 (STS-61A)......Page 359
13.12 Spacelab D-2 (STS-55)......Page 361
13.13 IML-1 (STS-42)......Page 363
13.14 Spacelab J (STS-47)......Page 364
13.15 IML-2 (STS-65)......Page 365
13.17 MIR and FOTON......Page 367
Bibliography......Page 368
Index......Page 370