IUTAM Symposium on Non-Linear Singularities in Deformation and Flow

This volume contains the contributions presented at the IUTAM Symposium on Non-Linear Singularities in Deformation and Flow held in Haifa, Israel, 17-21 March 1997. Singularity-dominated local fields are frequently encountered in various branches of continuum mechanics, such as elasticity, plasticity, Newtonian fluids and more complex rheological models. This book is a unique collection of outstanding lectures over a broad spectrum of rheological models with singularities as the `Leitmotiv': 30 papers on the most recent developments in the analysis and understanding of non-linear singularities. Examples are provided by near tip fields of cracks, notches and wedges; interfacial phenomena; flow around corners, wedges and cones; moving contact lines in multiphase systems; cusps in fluid interfaces and shocks and localizations.
The volume will be of interest to researchers and engineers in virtually all branches of continuum mechanics.

Inhalt

Preface. Introduction. Corner Flows. Hydraulic Fracturing. Fracture Mechanics I. Interfacial Effects in Fluids. Penetration Phenomena. Fracture Mechanics II. Numerical Methods. Capillary Breakup and Instabilities. Cusps and Contact Lines. Applications.