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Transport phenomena in complex fluids

This book provides a thorough overview of transport phenomena in complex fluids, based on the latest research results and the newest methods for their analytical prediction and numerical simulation. The respective chapters cover several topics, including: a description of the structural features of...

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Other Authors: Burghelea, Teodor,, Bertola, Volfango,, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2020.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 pages).
Series: Courses and lectures ; no. 598.
Subjects:
Complex fluids.
Transport theory.
Thermodynamics.
Heat -- Transmission.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction to Transport Phenomena in Complex Fluids
  • 1 Transport Phenomena
  • 1.1 Advection and Diffusion
  • 1.2 Generalized Conservation Equations (Multifield Approach)
  • 1.3 Complex Fluids Versus Simple Fluids
  • 2 Complex Fluids
  • 2.1 Polymers
  • 2.2 Surface-Active Agents (Surfactants)
  • 2.3 Colloids
  • References
  • Constitutive Models of Complex Fluids
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Constitutive Models for Generalised Newtonian Flows
  • 3 Constitutive Models for Viscoelastic Flows
  • 3.1 Linear Viscoelasticity
  • 3.2 The Problem of Time Derivatives.
  • 3.3 Oldroyd-B Model
  • 3.4 FENE Model
  • 3.5 Other Constitutive Models for Viscoelastic Flows
  • 4 Constitutive Models for Viscoplastic Flows
  • References
  • Experimental Methods to Characterize Complex Fluids
  • 1 Rheological Characterisation of Complex Fluids
  • 1.1 Fundamentals of Shear Rheology
  • 1.2 Fundamentals of Extensional Rheology
  • 2 Surface Tension Measurement Techniques
  • 2.1 Direct Force Measurement
  • 2.2 Measurement of Laplace Pressure
  • 2.3 Capillary-Gravity Balance
  • 2.4 Gravity-Induced Deformation
  • 2.5 Forced Deformation
  • References.
  • Transport Phenomena in Viscoelastic Fluids
  • 1 Molecular Origins of Viscoelasticity in Dilute Polymer Solutions
  • 2 Macroscopic Flow Phenomena Triggered by the Microscopic Coil-Stretch Transition
  • 2.1 The Rod-Climbing Effect
  • 2.2 Extrudate Swell Effect
  • 2.3 Drag Reduction
  • 3 Hydrodynamic Stability of Dilute Polymer Solutions
  • 4 Elastic Turbulence in Dilute Polymer Solutions: Turbulence Without Inertia
  • 4.1 Flow Resistance
  • 4.2 Flow Structure in a Regime of Elastic Turbulence
  • 4.3 Space-Time Correlations and Spectra in a Regime of Elastic Turbulence.
  • 4.4 Statistics of Velocity Gradients in a Regime of Elastic Turbulence
  • 4.5 Boundary Layer in a Regime of Elastic Turbulence
  • 4.6 Lagrangian Frame Dynamics in a Regime of Elastic Turbulence
  • 5 Characterisation of Elastic Turbulence in Microscopic Curvilinear Flows
  • 5.1 Onset and Development of Elastic Turbulence in Micro-channel, Flow Structure
  • 5.2 On the Nature of the Bifurcation Towards Elastic Turbulence
  • 5.3 Statistics and Spatial Distribution of the Velocity Gradients
  • Analysis of Boundary Layers
  • 6 Efficient Microscopic Mixing by Elastic Turbulence.
  • 6.1 Decay Regime of Mixing in a Random Micro-Flow
  • 6.2 Scaling of the Mixing Length with Pe
  • 6.3 Analysis of the Mixing Boundary Layer
  • 6.4 Spatial and Temporal Correlations of the Passive Scalar Fluctuations
  • 7 Macroscopic Heat Transport by Elastic Turbulence
  • 7.1 Observation and Characterisation of Elastic Turbulent Flow States
  • 7.2 Heat Transport by Elastic Turbulence
  • 7.3 Statistical and Scaling Properties of the Temperature Fluctuations: Passive or Active Scalar?
  • 8 Hydrodynamic Theory of Elastic Turbulence
  • References
  • Transport Phenomena in Viscoplastic Materials.

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