Drop-Surface Interactions

This book presents a comprehensive overview of fluid mechanical, thermal and physico-chemical aspects of drop-surface interactions. Basic physical mechanisms pertaining to free-surface flow phenomena characteristic of drop impact on solid and liquid surfaces are explained emphasizing the importance...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rein, Martin (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
Series:CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Drop-Surface Interactions
  • Drop-Liquid Impact Phenomena
  • The Impact of a Compressible Liquid
  • Physico-Chemical Aspects of Forced Wetting
  • Heat Transfer and Solidification During the Impact of a Droplet on a Surface
  • Interactions between Drops and Hot Surfaces
  • Boundary Integral Methods
  • Navier-Stokes Numerical Algorithms for Free-Surface Flow Computations: An Overview
  • Numerical Implementation of Free Surface Flow Algorithms
  • Workshop on Drop-Surface Interactions: Low Speed Drop Impact Onto Dry Solid Surface; Asymptotic Theory of Droplet Spreading after Collision with a Solid Surface; Bubble Formation on Porous Media Surfaces; Theoretical and Experimental Study of Shock Wave Focusing in a Confined Reflector ; Splash Formation by Water Drops; On Some New Aspects of Splashing Impact of Drop-Liquid Surface Interactions ; Drop Impact on Liquid Layers: Some New Phenomena at the Edges of Parameter Space; The Effect of Drop Viscoelasticity on the Drainage of Newtonian Liquid Films