Wet Granular Matter: A Truly Complex Fluid (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789814417693)

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.

Author: Stephan Herminghaus
ISBN-10: 9814417696
ISBN-13: 9789814417693
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2013
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.80d