Computational Methods for Complex Liquid-Fluid Interfaces

✍ Scribed by Mohammad Taeibi Rahni (Editor); Mohsen Karbaschi (Editor); Reinhard Miller (Editor)

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2015
• Leaves: 549
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Computational Methods for Complex Liquid-Fluid Interfaces highlights key computational challenges involved in the two-way coupling of complex liquid-fluid interfaces. The book covers a variety of cutting-edge experimental and computational techniques ranging from macro- to meso- and microscale approaches (including pivotal applications). As example

✦ Table of Contents

Thermodynamics of Adsorption at Liquid Interfaces. Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Interfaces. Experimental Approaches and Related Theories. Dynamics of Interfacial Layer Formation. Model-Based Computational Approaches to Analyze Interfacial Problems. Molecular-Scale Computational Techniques in Interfacial Science. Mesoscale Computational Techniques in Interfacial Science: Lattice Boltzmann Method. Mesoscale Computational Techniques in Interfacial Science: Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method. Macroscale Computational Techniques in Interfacial Science. Computational Quantum Chemistry Applied to Monolayer Formation at Gas/Liquid Interfaces. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Surfactant Monolayers. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Droplet Spreading and Wettability Issues. Implementation of Immersed Boundary Method to Study Interactions of Fluids with Particles, Bubbles, and Drops. Mesoscale Lattice Boltzmann Model of Dispersions Stabilized by Surfactants. Hybrid Numerical Method for Interfacial Flow with Soluble Surfactant and Its Application to an Experiment in Microfluidic Tip Streaming. Finite Element Computations for Dynamic Liquid-Fluid Interfaces. Finite Element Techniques for the Numerical Simulation of Two-Phase Flows with Mass Transport. Finite Volume/Finite Area Interface-Tracking Method for Two-Phase Flows with Fluid Interfaces Influenced by Surfactant. Approximate Analytical Solution via ADM and Numerical Simulation of Acoustic Cavitation: Bubble Dynamics. Numerical Solution, Stability, and Control of Acoustic Cavitation-Bubble Dynamics. Liquid Bridge and Drop Transfer between Surfaces. Solutal Marangoni Convection: Challenges in Fluid Dynamics with Mass Transfer. Hierarchical Marangoni Roll Cells: Experiments and Direct Numerical Simulations in Three and Two Dimensions. Modeling Foam Stability.

✦ Subjects

Engineering & Technology;Materials Science;Mathematics & Statistics;Applied Mathematics;Applied Mechanics;Fluid Dynamics;Physical Sciences;Chemistry;Physical Chemistry;Physics;Plasmas & Fluids