Mathematical Thermodynamics of Complex Fluids Cetraro, Italy 2015 /

• Main Authors: Ball, John M. (Author), Feireisl, Eduard (Editor), Otto, Felix (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rocca, Elisabetta (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 2200
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Partial differential equations.; Mathematical physics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Continuum mechanics.; Fluid mechanics.; Partial Differential Equations.; Mathematical Physics.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.

The main goal of this book is to provide an overview of the state of the art in the mathematical modeling of complex fluids, with particular emphasis on its thermodynamical aspects. The central topics of the text, the modeling, analysis and numerical simulation of complex fluids, are of great intere...

Table of Contents:

• Preface.-John. M. Ball: Liquid Crystals and their defects
• Eduard Feireisl: Mathematical Thermodynamics of Viscous Fluids
• Felix Otto, Steffen Pottel, and Camilla Nobili: Rigorous Bounds on Scaling Laws in Fluid Dynamics.