Interfacial Phenomena and Convection is a self-contained monograph that examines a rich variety of phenomena in which interfaces play a crucial role. From a unified perspective that embraces physical chemistry, fluid mechanics, and applied mathematics, the authors study recent developments related to the Marangoni effect, including patterned convection and instabilities, oscillatory/wavy phenomena, and turbulent phenomena. They examine Benard layers subjected to transverse and longitudinal thermal gradients and phenomena involving surface tension gradients as the driving forces, including falling films, drops, and liquid bridges.

Nepomnyashchy, Alexander A.; Velarde, Manuel G.; Colinet, Pierre

Interfacial phenomena driven by heat or mass transfer are widespread in science and various branches of engineering. Research in this area has become quite active in recent years, attributable in part, at least, to the entry of physicists and their sophisticated experimental techniques into the field. Until now, however, the field has lacked a read

Introduction. Interfacial Flows. Thermocapillary Motion of Drops and their Spreading Due to the Marangoni Effect. Stationary Interfacial Patterns in Fluid Layers. Interfacial Oscillations, Waves and Turbulence. Instabilities of Parallel Flows.