Vapor-Liquid Interfaces, Bubbles and Droplets: Fundamentals and Applications

by Shigeo Fujikawa, Takeru Yano, Masao Watanabe

Overview

Physically correct boundary conditions on vapor-liquid interfaces are essential in order to make an analysis of flows of a liquid including bubbles or of a gas including droplets. Suitable boundary conditions do not exist at the present time. This book is concerned with the kinetic boundary condition for both the plane and curved vapor-liquid interfaces, and the fluid dynamics boundary condition for Navier-Stokes(fluid dynamics) equations.

The kinetic boundary condition is formulated on the basis of molecular dynamics simulations and the fluid dynamics boundary condition is derived by a perturbation analysis of Gaussian-BGK Boltzmann equation applicable to polyatomic gases.

The fluid dynamics boundary condition is applied to actual flow problems of bubbles in a liquid and droplets in a gas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642180378
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	05/04/2011
Series:	Heat and Mass Transfer
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Historical Review on Vapor-Liquid Interfaces.- Molecular Dynamics of Vapor-Liquid Interfaces with Evaporation and Condensation.- Boundary Conditions for Fluid-Dynamics-Type Set of Equations Based on Molecular Gas Dynamics.- Measurement of Evaporation and Condensation Coefficients by Shock Wave and Sound Resonance Methods.- Applications to Bubbles and Droplets.- Appendices