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Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences - Vol. 58
MECHANICAL AND THERMODYNAMICAL MODELING OF FLUID INTERFACES
by Renée Gatignol & Roger Prud'homme (Université Pierre et Marie Curie & CNRS, France)
This book constitutes a comprehensive survey of the balance equations for mass, momentum and energy for the interfaces in pure fluids and mixtures. Constitutive laws are presented for many situations in engineering science, and examples are provided, including surface viscosity effects, variable surface tension and vapor recoil. In addition, some extensions of existing theory are given: stretch effect in premixed flames, relaxation zones downstream two-phase shock waves, and effective surface tension for steep gradient zones.
Contents:
- Thermodynamics and Kinematics of Interfaces
- Interface
Balance Laws
- Constitutive Relations Deduced from Linear Irrevesible Thermodynamics for the Two-Dimensional Interfaces
- Classical Three-Dimensional Constitutive Relations Deduced from Linear Irreversible Thermodynamics and Their Consequences for Interfaces
- Second Gradient Theory Applied to Interfacial Medium
- Typical Problems Involving Surface Tensions and Other Surface Properties
Readership: Graduates, physicists, applied mathematicians and
engineers seeking classical knowledge in continuum mechanics and thermodynamics, especially in the thermodynamics of irreversible processes.
"... the book is well written and should be relatively reader friendly to the scientifically literate individual ... it serves its stated purpose in its current form in being a solid reference in the area of fluid interfaces."
| Applied Mechanics Reviews, Nov 2002 |
| 272pp |
Pub. date: Jun 2001 |
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