Flowing Matter.

• Superior document: Soft and Biological Matter Series
• Author: Toschi, Federico.
• TeilnehmendeR: Sega, Marcello.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2019.; Ã2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Soft and Biological Matter Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (313 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Preface
• Contents
• 1 Numerical Approaches to Complex Fluids
• 1.1 Introduction to Complex Fluids and Rheology
• 1.2 Macroscopic Approaches
• 1.2.1 Eulerian/Eulerian Methods
• Inelastic Shear-Thinning/Thickening Fluids
• Viscoelastic Fluids
• Plastic Effects
• Fluid-Structure Interaction
• 1.3 Microscopic Approaches
• 1.3.1 Eulerian/Lagrangian Methods
• Immersed Boundary Methods for Suspensions of Rigid Particles
• Front-Tracking Methods for Suspensions of Deformable Droplets
• 1.3.2 Eulerian/Eulerian Methods
• Volume of Fluids
• Level-Set Method
• Phase-Field Methods
• 1.3.3 Other Approaches
• 1.4 Conclusions
• References
• 2 Basic Concepts of Stokes Flows
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Navier-Stokes and Stokes Equations
• 2.2.1 Navier-Stokes Equations
• 2.2.2 Stokes Flows
• 2.3 Reversibility of Fluid Flows
• 2.3.1 Examples of Reversibility
• 2.3.2 Irreversible Trajectories in Stokes Flow
• 2.4 Minimum Energy Dissipation Theorem
• 2.4.1 Statement
• 2.4.2 An Application of the Minimum Energy Dissipation Theorem
• 2.5 Limits of the Stokes Approximation
• 2.5.1 Example of a System Where the Stokes Approximation Does Not Work
• Other Linear Flow Equations
• 2.5.2 Departures from Reversibility Caused by Inertia
• 2.5.3 Accelerating Fluid Example
• 2.6 Conclusions
• References
• 3 Mesoscopic Approach to Nematic Fluids
• 3.1 Introduction to Nematic Fluids
• 3.2 Nematic Order Parameters
• 3.3 Landau-de Gennes Free Energy Approach
• 3.3.1 Landau Theory of Nematic Phase Transition
• 3.3.2 Elastic Free Energy
• 3.3.3 Surface Anchoring
• 3.3.4 Electric Field Effects
• 3.3.5 Magnetic Field Effects
• 3.4 Topological Defects
• 3.4.1 Umbilic Defects
• 3.4.2 Basics of Topological Theory of Defects
• 3.5 Nematodynamics
• 3.5.1 Ericksen Stress Tensor
• 3.5.2 Ericksen-Leslie-Parodi Approach.
• 3.5.3 Beris-Edwards Model
• 3.5.4 Qian-Sheng Model
• 3.5.5 Towards Active Nematics
• 3.6 Nematic Microfluidics
• 3.6.1 Nematic Flows in Channels
• 3.6.2 Nematic Microfluidic Junctions
• 3.6.3 Colloidal Particles in Nematic Microfluidic Environment
• 3.7 Nematic Colloids
• 3.7.1 Single Spherical Particle
• 3.7.2 Interparticle Interactions
• 3.7.3 Assembly and Self-assembly of Colloidal Structures
• 3.7.4 Complex-Shaped and Topological Colloids
• 3.8 Conclusions
• References
• 4 Amphiphilic Janus Particles at Interfaces
• Acronyms
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Short History of Asymmetric Janus Particles
• 4.3 General Synthetic Routes
• 4.3.1 Masking and Asymmetric Modification
• 4.3.2 Seeded Emulsion Polymerisation and Phase Separation
• 4.3.3 Microfluidic and Capillary Electro-Jetting Methods
• 4.3.4 Polymer Co-precipitation and Phase Separation
• 4.4 Tuning the Surface Polarity in JPs
• 4.5 Interfacial Activity and Adsorption at Interfaces
• 4.5.1 Contact Angle and Interfacial Adsorption Energies of HPs vs. JPs
• 4.5.2 Inter-Particle Interaction at Interfaces vs. Lowering the Interfacial Tension
• 4.5.3 Activation and Adsorption Energies of JPs Spontaneously Adsorbing at Interfaces
• 4.6 Pickering Emulsions: Arrested JPs at Interfaces
• 4.7 Self-Assembly of Janus Particles
• 4.8 JP-Based Nanomotors
• 4.9 Conclusions
• References
• 5 Upscaling Flow and Transport Processes
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Flow Through Porous and Heterogeneous Media
• 5.2.1 Darcy's Law
• 5.2.2 Extensions of Darcy's Law
• 5.2.3 Heterogeneous Media
• 5.3 Macroscopic Transport Models
• 5.3.1 Fickian Dispersion
• 5.3.2 Anomalous Dispersion
• Continuous Time Random Walks
• Multi-Rate Mass Transfer
• 5.3.3 Mixing and Chemical Reactions
• Mixing, Diffusion and Dispersion
• Chemical Reactions
• 5.4 Multiphase and Surface Processes.
• 5.4.1 Mass and Heat Transfer
• From Surface Processes to Averaged Reaction Rates
• 5.5 Conclusions
• Appendix A: Homogenisation and Two-Scale Expansions
• Appendix B: Volume/Ensemble Averaging
• References
• 6 Recent Developments in Particle Tracking Diagnosticsfor Turbulence Research
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 A Model-Free Calibration Method
• 6.2.1 Principle
• 6.2.2 Practical Implementation
• 6.2.3 Results: Comparison with Tsai Model
• 6.2.4 Discussion
• 6.3 Particle Tracking Algorithms
• 6.3.1 Shadow Particle Tracking Velocimetry
• Experimental Setup
• The Trajectory Stereo-Matching Approach
• Flow Measurements
• 6.3.2 Improved Four-Frame Best Estimate
• 6.4 Noise Reduction in Post-Processing Statistical Analysis
• 6.4.1 Lagrangian Auto-Correlation Functions
• Results
• Discussion
• 6.4.2 Eulerian Structure Functions
• Method
• Results
• Discussion
• 6.5 Conclusions
• References
• 7 Numerical Simulations of Active Brownian Particles
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Passive Brownian Motion
• 7.3 Active Particles
• 7.3.1 Active Brownian Motion
• 7.3.2 Run-and-Tumble Motion
• 7.3.3 Chiral Active Brownian Motion
• 7.3.4 Gaussian Noise Reorientation Model
• 7.4 More Complex Models
• 7.4.1 Non-Spherical Particles
• 7.4.2 External Fields
• 7.4.3 Interacting Particles
• 7.4.4 Multiplicative Noise
• 7.5 Numerical Examples
• 7.5.1 Living Crystals
• 7.5.2 Colloids with Short-Range Aligning Interaction
• 7.6 Conclusions
• References
• 8 Active Fluids Within the Unified Coloured Noise Approximation
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.1.1 The Genesis of the UCNA Model of Active Particles
• 8.2 The Unified Coloured Noise Approximation (UCNA)
• 8.2.1 Kinetic Approach
• 8.2.2 Stationary Solution in the Absence of Current
• 8.2.3 Fox Approximation
• 8.2.4 Entropy Production in UCNA
• 8.2.5 H-Theorem.
• 8.3 Born-Green-Yvon Hierarchy in the Steady State
• 8.4 Active Pressure
• 8.5 Velocity Correlations
• 8.6 Simple Applications
• 8.6.1 Active Elastic Dumbbells
• 8.6.2 Pressure of N Noninteracting Active Particles Surrounded by Harshly Repulsive Walls
• 8.7 Active Particles in a Time-Dependent Potential
• 8.7.1 Effective Potential
• 8.7.2 Dynamical UCNA and Particle Density Profile
• 8.7.3 Average Drag Force
• 8.8 Conclusions
• Appendix 1: Entropy Production and Heat Flux in the GCN
• Appendix 2: Absence of Detailed Balance Condition in the GCN
• References
• 9 Quadrature-Based Lattice Boltzmann Models for RarefiedGas Flow
• 9.1 Introduction
• 9.2 Generalities
• 9.3 One-Dimensional Quadrature-Based LB Models
• 9.3.1 Full-Range Gauss-Hermite Quadrature
• 9.3.2 Half-Range Gauss-Hermite Quadrature
• 9.4 LB Models in the Three-Dimensional Momentum Space
• 9.4.1 Reduced Distributions
• 9.4.2 Mixed Quadrature LB Models with Reduced Distribution Functions
• 9.4.3 The Lattice Boltzmann Equation
• 9.4.4 Non-Dimensionalisation Procedure
• 9.5 Simulation Results
• 9.5.1 Couette Flow Between Parallel Plates
• 9.5.2 Force-Driven Poiseuille Flow Between Parallel Plates
• 9.6 Conclusions
• Appendix: Numerical Scheme
• References
• Index.