Interfacial Fluid Mechanics: A Mathematical Modeling Approach

✍ Scribed by Vladimir S. Ajaev (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 217
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Interfacial Fluid Mechanics: A Mathematical Modeling Approach provides an introduction to mathematical models of viscous flow used in rapidly developing fields of microfluidics and microscale heat transfer. The basic physical effects are first introduced in the context of simple configurations and their relative importance in typical microscale applications is discussed. Then, several configurations of importance to microfluidics, most notably thin films/droplets on substrates and confined bubbles, are discussed in detail. Topics from current research on electrokinetic phenomena, liquid flow near structured solid surfaces,evaporation/condensation, and surfactant phenomena are discussed in the later chapters.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Basic Phenomena and Applications to Thin Films....Pages 1-37
Coating Flows and Contact Line Models....Pages 39-69
Bubbles and Film Drainage....Pages 71-99
Flows in the Presence of Electric Charges and Fields....Pages 101-124
Flows and Interface Shapes Near Structured Surfaces....Pages 125-140
Phase Change at Interfaces....Pages 141-168
Flows with Surfactants....Pages 169-187
Back Matter....Pages 189-213

✦ Subjects

Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer