The physics of foams

Denis Weaire and Stefan Hutzler

Ordinary foams such as the head of a glass of beer and more exotic ones such as solid metallic foams raise many questions for the physicist and have attracted a substantial research community in recent years. The present book describes the results of extensive experiments, computer simulations, and theories in an authoritative yet informal style, making ample use of illustrations and photographs. As an introduction to the whole field of the physics of foams it puts a strong emphasis on liquids while also including solid foams. Simple, idealized models are adopted and their consequences explored. Specific topics include: structure, drainage, rheology, conductivity, and coarsening. A minimum of mathematics is used. Theory and experiment are described together at every stage. A guide to further reading is provided through carefully selected references. This is a complete and coherent introduction to the subject which no other modern text currently offers.

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[目次]

  • PREFACE
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Local equilibrium rules
  • 3. Foam structure
  • 4. Making foams
  • 5. Imaging and probing foam structure
  • 6. Simulation and modelling
  • 7. Coarsening
  • 8. Rheology
  • 9. Electrical conduction in a foam
  • 10. Equilibrium under gravity
  • 11. Drainage
  • 12. Foam collapse
  • 13. Ordered foams
  • 14. Some applications of liquid foams
  • 15. Some analogous physical systems
  • 16. Solid foams
  • 17. Some natural foams
  • 18. Envoi
  • APPENDICES
  • A. THE SHAPE OF SINGLE SOAP FILMS AND BUBBLES
  • B. THE THEOREM OF LAMARLE
  • C. BUBBLE CLUSTERS
  • D. THE DECORATION THEORUM
  • E. THE CONDUCTIVITY FORMULA OF LEMLICH
  • F. THE DRAINAGE EQUATION
  • G. PHYLLOTAXIS
  • H. SIMULATION OF LIQUID FOAMS
  • I. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • APPENDICES

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書名 The physics of foams
著作者等 Hutzler, Stefan
Weaire, D. L.
Weaire Denis
出版元 Clarendon Press;Oxford University Press
刊行年月 2001, c1999
ページ数 xiii, 246 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 0198510977
NCID BA55552688
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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