Overview
- Only book describing the application of the diffuse interface method to multiphase flow modeling
- Application to micro-engineering is stressed
- Interfacial phenomena are explained from first principles
Part of the book series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM, volume 538)
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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About this book
Diffuse interface (D.I.) model for muliphase flows.- Phase separation of viscous ternary liquid mixtures.- Dewetting and decomposing films of simple and complex liquids.- Phase-field models.
Multiphase flows are typically described assuming that the different phases are separated by a sharp interface, with appropriate boundary conditions. This approach breaks down whenever the lengthscale of the phenomenon that is being studied is comparable with the real interface thickness, as it happens, for example, in the coalescence and breakup of bubbles and drops, the wetting and dewetting of solid surfaces and, in general, im micro-devices. The diffuse interface model resolves these problems by assuming that all quantities can vary continuously, so that interfaces have a non-zero thickness, i.e. they are "diffuse". The contributions in this book review the theory and describe some relevant applications of the diffuse interface model for one-component, two-phase fluids and for liquid binary mixtures, to model multiphase flows in confined geometries.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Multiphase Microfluidics: The Diffuse Interface Model
Editors: Roberto Mauri
Series Title: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1227-4
Publisher: Springer Vienna
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: CISM Udine 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-1226-7Published: 18 April 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-1751-4Published: 09 May 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-1227-4Published: 31 May 2012
Series ISSN: 0254-1971
Series E-ISSN: 2309-3706
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 176
Topics: Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Nanotechnology and Microengineering