ABSTRACT

A self-contained textbook, Microhydrodynamics and Complex Fluids deals with the main phenomena that occur in slow, inertialess viscous flows often encountered in various industrial, biophysical, and natural processes. It examines a wide range of situations, from flows in thin films, porous media, and narrow channels to flows around suspended partic

chapter 1|6 pages

Fundamental Principles

chapter 2|14 pages

General Properties of Stokes Flows

chapter 3|20 pages

Two-Dimensional Stokes Flows

chapter 4|30 pages

Lubrification Flows

chapter 5|16 pages

Free Surface Films

chapter 6|24 pages

Motion of a Solid Particle in a Fluid

chapter 7|16 pages

Flow of Bubbles and Droplets

chapter 8|28 pages

General Solutions of the Stokes Equations

chapter 9|22 pages

Introduction to Suspension Mechanics

chapter 10|8 pages

O(Re) Correction to Some Stokes Solutions

chapter 11|32 pages

Non-Newtonian Fluids