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Part of the book series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM, volume 490)
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A detailed overview and comprehensive analysis of the main theoretical and experimental advances on free surface thin film and jet flows of soft matter is given. At the theoretical front the book outlines the basic equations and boundary conditions and the derivation of low-dimensional models for the evolution of the free surface. Such models include long-wave expansions and equations of the boundary layer type and are analyzed via linear stability analysis, weakly nonlinear theories and strongly nonlinear analysis including construction of stationary periodic and solitary wave and similarity solutions. At the experimental front a variety of very recent experimental developments is outlined and the link between theory and experiments is illustrated. Such experiments include spreading drops and bubbles, imbibitions, singularity formation at interfaces and experimental characterization of thin films using atomic force microscopy, ellipsometry and contact angle measurements and analysis of patterns using Minkowski functionals.
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Book Title: Thin Films of Soft Matter
Editors: Serafim Kalliadasis, Uwe Thiele
Series Title: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-69808-2
Publisher: Springer Vienna
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: CISM Udine 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-211-69807-5Published: 21 May 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-3-211-69808-2Published: 16 October 2007
Series ISSN: 0254-1971
Series E-ISSN: 2309-3706
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 206
Topics: Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Complex Systems, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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