Thin Films of Soft Matter

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kalliadasis, Serafim (Editor), Thiele, Uwe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2007.
• Series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences ; 490
• Subjects: Engineering.; Fluids.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Fluid mechanics.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.

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 th...