Interfacial Convection in Multilayer Systems

• Main Authors: Nepomnyashchy, A. (Author), Simanovskii, I. (Author), Legros, J.C (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2012.
• Series: Applied Mathematical Sciences, 179
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Partial differential equations.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Physics.; Fluids.; Partial Differential Equations.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Applications of Mathematics.

The interfacial convection is a widespread phenomenon which has numerous applications. This book describes the basic models of interfacial convection used on different spatial scales. It presents a variety of physical mechanisms and types of instability characteristic for liquid systems with interfa...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Types of convective instabilities in systems with an interface
• Benard problem in multilayer systems with undeformable interfaces
• Benard problem in multilayer systems with deformable interfaces
• Stability of flows
• Outlook.