Capillary surfaces : shape - stability - dynamics, in particular under weightlessness

Author(s)

• Langbein, D

Bibliographic Information

Capillary surfaces : shape - stability - dynamics, in particular under weightlessness

Dieter Langbein

（Springer tracts in modern physics : Ergebnisse der exakten Naturwissenschaften / editor, G. Höhler, v. 178）（Physics and astronomy online library）

Springer, c2002

Note

"with a foreward by Ulf Merbold"

"with 182 figures"

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Featuring a foreword by the astronaut Ulf Merbold, this book is devoted to interfaces between two fluids, that is, between a liquid and a gas or between two liquids. It is the first review on the subject, providing an up-to-date overview.

Table of Contents

Interface Tension and Contact Angle.- Capillary Shape and Stability.- Stability Criteria.- Axisymmetric Liquid Columns at Rest and Under Rotation.- Liquid Zones.- Canthotaxis/Wetting Barriers/Pinning Lines.- Cylindrical Containers.- Liquid Surfaces in Polyhedral Containers.- Playing with Stability.- Liquid Penetration into Tubes and Wedges.- Oscillations of Liquid Columns.- Microgravity Experiments in Sounding Rockets, Spacelab and EURECA.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA55630704
• ISBN:
  • 3540418156
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berlin
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 364 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0027486X
  • BA48464922