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Dynamics of internal layers and diffusive interfaces

By Paul Fife

Book information

Publisher
Soc for Industrial & Applied Math
Year
1988
ISBN
9780898712254, 0898712254
LCC
QA927 .F54 1988
Open Library ID
OL2064652M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
655 kB (670838 bytes)
Series
C B M S - N S F Regional Conference Series in Applied Mathematics
Pages
102\102
Topic
Physics
Time added
2009-08-06 05:14:26

Description

Interfacial phenomena are commonplace in physics, chemistry, biology, and in various disciplines bridging these fields. They occur whenever a continuum is present which can exist in at least two different chemical or physical "states", and there is some mechanism which generates or enforces a spatial separation between these states. The separation boundary is then called an interface. In the examples studied here, the separation boundary, and its internal structure, result from the balance between two opposing tendencies: a diffusive effect which attempts to mix and smooth the properties of the material, and a physical or chemical mechanism which works to drive it to one or the other pure state. This volume is unique in that the treatment of flames, as well as internal layer dynamics "including curvature effects", is more detailed and systematic than in most other publications. Mathematicians and natural scientists interested in interfacial phenomena, especially flame theory, the mathematics of excitable media, electrophoresis, and phase change problems, will find Dynamics of Internal Layers and Diffusive Interfaces exceptionally useful.

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