Wet granular matter : a truly complex fluid / Stephan Herminghaus, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation, Germany.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herminghaus, S. (Stephan)

Contributor:

Jessie A. Rodman Fund.

Series:

Series in soft condensed matter ; v. 6.

Series in soft condensed matter ; vol. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soft condensed matter.

Wetting.

Granular materials--Permeability.

Granular materials.

Granular materials--Mechanical properties.

Local Subjects:

Granular materials--Mechanical properties.

Granular materials--Permeability.

Physical Description:

xiv, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, [2013]

Summary:

This is a monograph written for the young and advanced researcher who is entering the field of wet granular matter and keen to understand the basic physical principles governing this state of soft matter. It treats wet granulates as an instance of a ternary system, consisting of the grains, a primary, and a secondary fluid. After addressing wetting phenomena in general and outlining the basic facts on dry granular systems, a chapter on basic mechanisms and their effects is dedicated to every region of the ternary phase diagram. Effects of grain shape and roughness are considered as well. Rather than addressing engineering aspects such as existing books on this topic do, the book aims to provide a generalized framework suitable for those who want to understand these systems on a more fundamental basis. Book jacket.

Contents:

Grains and granular fluids

Wetting

Capillary forces

Wet granular gases

Wet granular piles

Special topics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-312) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Jessie A. Rodman Fund.

ISBN:

9789814417693

9814417696

OCLC:

806016526

Publisher Number:

99980494880