Title Interfacial Wave Theory of Pattern Formation in Solidification : Dendrites, Fingers, Cells and Free Boundaries Author(s) Xu, Jian-Jun Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. Description XX, 591 p. 168 illus., 69 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note This comprehensive work explores interfacial instability and pattern formation in dynamic systems away from the equilibrium state in solidification and crystal growth. Further, this significantly expanded 2nd edition introduces and reviews the progress made during the last two decades. In particular, it describes the most prominent pattern formation phenomena commonly observed in material processing and crystal growth in the framework of the previously established interfacial wave theory, including free dendritic growth from undercooled melt, cellular growth and eutectic growth in directional solidification, as well as viscous fingering in Hele-Shaw flow. It elucidates the key problems, systematically derives their mathematical solutions by pursuing a unified, asymptotic approach, and finally carefully examines these results by comparing them with the available experimental results. The asymptotic approach described here will be useful for the investigation of pattern formation phenomena occurring in a much broader class of inhomogeneous dynamical systems. In addition, the results on global stability and selection mechanisms of pattern formation will be of particular interest to researchers working on material processing and crystal growth. The stability mechanisms of a curved front and the pattern formation have been fundamental subjects in the areas of condensed-matter physics, materials science, crystal growth, and fluid mechanics for some time now. This book offers a stimulating and insightful introduction for all physicists, engineers and applied mathematicians working in the fields of soft condensed-matter physics, materials science, mechanical and chemical engineering, fluid dynamics, and nonlinear sciences ISBN,Price 9783319526638 Keyword(s) 1. Amorphous substances 2. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory 3. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 4. Complex fluids 5. EBOOK 6. EBOOK - SPRINGER 7. Engineering Fluid Dynamics 8. FLUID MECHANICS 9. Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering 10. Materials???Surfaces 11. Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics 12. STATISTICAL PHYSICS 13. Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films 14. THIN FILMS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I10247     On Shelf