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INTERFACES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: NEW RESEARCH DIRECTIONS IN FLUID MECHANICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

edited by Marc K Smith (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), Michael J Miksis (Northwestern University, USA), Geoffrey B McFadden (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA), G Paul Neitzel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) & David R Canright (Naval Postgraduate School, USA)

This book highlights some recent advances in interfacial research in the fields of fluid mechanics and materials science at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It is an extension of the presentations made during the conference "Interfaces for the 21st Century," held on August 16–18, 1999, in Monterey, California. It includes papers by sixteen renowned experts in the field of interfacial mechanics, abstracts contributed by research scientists, and a summary of a panel discussion on future research directions. The book covers experimental and theoretical approaches, with the unifying philosophy being the investigation of new techniques for modeling the dynamics of interfaces. A number of new and exciting solution methods and experimental studies, as well as the physical problems that initiated them, are presented.


Contents:

  • The Effect of a Stabilising Gradient on Interface Morphology (T Maxworthy)
  • Spreading of a Liquid Drop with Mass Loss (L M Hocking)
  • Viscous Gravity Currents with Solidification (M Bunk et al.)
  • Coarsening Dynamics of Roll Waves (H-C Chang & E A Demekhin)
  • Thermocapillary Control with Feedback of Large Wavelength Interfacial Instabilities (R E Kelly)
  • Pattern Formation in Thin Liquid Films (D Gallez & E R de Souza)
  • Molecular Aspects of Contact-Line Dynamics (J Koplik & J R Banavar)
  • Computational Methods for Advancing Interfaces (J A Sethian)
  • Direct Numerical Simulations of Multiphase Flows (G Tryggvason & B Bunner)
  • A Phase-Field Model with Convection: Numerical Simulations (D M Anderson et al.)
  • Phase Field Model of Multicomponent Alloy Solidification with Hydrodynamics (R F Sekerka & Z Bi)
  • The Effects of a Stress-Dependent Mobility on Interfacial Stability (P W Voorhees & M J Aziz)
  • Non-Constant Growth Characteristics of Pivalic Acid Dendrites in Microgravity (J C LaCombe et al.)
  • Interfaces on All Scales During Solidification and Melting (M G Worster)
  • Phase and Microstructure Selection in Peritectics (W Kurz & S Dobler)
  • Model Phase Diagrams for an FFC Alloy (R J Braun et al.)
  • and other papers


Readership: Researchers and graduate students in fluid mechanics and materials science.

332pp Pub. date: Jun 2002
ISBN 978-1-86094-319-5
1-86094-319-5
US$74 / £55


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