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Patterns, Defects and Materials Instabilities

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. D. Walgraef

    1. Service de Chimie Physique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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  2. N. M. Ghoniem

    1. Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 183)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. One-Dimensional Cellular Patterns

    • P. Coullet, G. Iooss
    Pages 1-6

  3. Defects and Defect-Mediated Turbulence

    • J. Lega
    Pages 7-24

  4. Phase Dynamics — The Concept and Some Recent Developments

    • Helmut R. Brand
    Pages 25-34

  5. Transient Pattern Dynamics: General Concepts and the Freedericksz Transition in Nematics

    • M. San Miguel, F. Sagues
    Pages 35-61

  6. Localized Structures in Reaction-Diffusion Systems

    • G. Dewel, P. Borckmans
    Pages 63-72

  7. Kinetic Models for Defect Populations in Driven Materials

    • D. Walgraef
    Pages 73-82

  8. External Noise and Pattern Selection in Convectively Unstable Systems

    • Robert J. Deissler
    Pages 83-88

  9. Secondary Instability of Traveling Inclined Rolls in Taylor-Dean System

    • I. Mutabazi
    Pages 89-90

  10. Experiments on the Formation of Stationary Spatial Structures on a Network of Coupled Oscillators

    • T. Dirksmeyer, R. Schmeling, J. Berkemeier, H.-G. Purwins
    Pages 91-107

  11. Studies on Instabilities and Patterns in Evaporating Liquids at Reduced Pressure and/or Microwave Irradiation

    • G. Bertrand, M. Lallemant, A. Steinchen, P. Gillon, P. Courville, D. Stuerga
    Pages 109-122

  12. Directional Solidification: Theoretical Methods and Current Understanding

    • Herbert Levine
    Pages 123-133

  13. New Instabilities in Directional Solidification of Succinonitrile

    • P. E. Cladis, J. T. Gleeson, P. L. Finn
    Pages 135-146

  14. Stationnary Cells in Directional Solidification

    • M. Mashaal, M. Ben Amar
    Pages 147-157

  15. Recent Progress in the Theory of the Growth of Needle Crystals

    • M. Ben Amar, Y. Pomeau
    Pages 159-183

  16. Structural Invariants and the Description of the Local Structure of Condensed Matter

    • Antoni C. Mitus, Alexander Z. Patashinskii
    Pages 185-193

  17. Structural Aspects of Domain Patterns in Ceramics and Alloys

    • Ch Leroux, G. Van Tendeloo, J. Van Landuyt
    Pages 195-202

  18. Self-Organization in Far-from-Equilibrium Reactive Porous Media Subject to Reaction Front Fingering

    • P. Ortoleva, W. Chen
    Pages 203-220

  19. Nonlinearity and Selforganization in Plasticity and Fracture

    • E. C. Aifantis
    Pages 221-239

  20. Plastic Instabilities and the Deformation of Metals

    • H. Neuhäuser
    Pages 241-276
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Understanding the origin of spatio-temporal order in open systems far from thermal equilibrium and the selection mechanisms of spatial struc­ tures and their symmetries is a major theme of present day research into the structures of continuous matter. The development of methods for pro­ ducing spatially ordered microstructures in solids by non-equilibrium methods opens the door to many technological applications. It is also be­ lieved that the key to laminar/turbulence transitions in fluids lies in the achievement of spatio-temporal order. Let us also emphasize the fact that the idea of self-organization in it­ self is at the origin of a reconceptualisation of science. Indeed, the appear­ ance of order which usually has been associated with equilibrium phase transitions appears to be characteristic of systems far from thermal equi­ librium. This phenomenon which was considered exceptional at first now the rule in driven systems. The chemical oscillations obtained appears to be in the Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction were initially considered to be ther­ modynamically impossible and were rejected by a large number of chemists. Now these oscillations and related phenomena (waves, chaos, etc. ) are the subject of intensive research and new classes of chemical oscil­ lators have been recently discovered. Even living organisms have long been considered as the result of chance rather than necessity. Such points of view are now abandoned under the overwhelming influence of spatio-tem­ poral organization phenomena in various domains ranging from physics to biology via chemistry, nonlinear optics, and materials science .

Editors and Affiliations

  • Service de Chimie Physique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    D. Walgraef

  • Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    N. M. Ghoniem

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