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This open access book, published in the Soft and Biological Matter
series, presents an introduction to selected research topics in the
broad field of flowing matter, including the dynamics of fluids
with a complex internal structure -from nematic fluids to soft
glasses- as well as active matter and turbulent phenomena. Flowing
matter is a subject at the crossroads between physics, mathematics,
chemistry, engineering, biology and earth sciences, and relies on a
multidisciplinary approach to describe the emergence of the
macroscopic behaviours in a system from the coordinated dynamics of
its microscopic constituents. Depending on the microscopic
interactions, an assembly of molecules or of mesoscopic particles
can flow like a simple Newtonian fluid, deform elastically like a
solid or behave in a complex manner. When the internal constituents
are active, as for biological entities, one generally observes
complex large-scale collective motions. Phenomenology is further
complicated by the invariable tendency of fluids to display chaos
at the large scales or when stirred strongly enough. This volume
presents several research topics that address these phenomena
encompassing the traditional micro-, meso-, and macro-scales
descriptions, and contributes to our understanding of the
fundamentals of flowing matter. This book is the legacy of the COST
Action MP1305 "Flowing Matter".
This open access book, published in the Soft and Biological Matter
series, presents an introduction to selected research topics in the
broad field of flowing matter, including the dynamics of fluids
with a complex internal structure -from nematic fluids to soft
glasses- as well as active matter and turbulent phenomena. Flowing
matter is a subject at the crossroads between physics, mathematics,
chemistry, engineering, biology and earth sciences, and relies on a
multidisciplinary approach to describe the emergence of the
macroscopic behaviours in a system from the coordinated dynamics of
its microscopic constituents. Depending on the microscopic
interactions, an assembly of molecules or of mesoscopic particles
can flow like a simple Newtonian fluid, deform elastically like a
solid or behave in a complex manner. When the internal constituents
are active, as for biological entities, one generally observes
complex large-scale collective motions. Phenomenology is further
complicated by the invariable tendency of fluids to display chaos
at the large scales or when stirred strongly enough. This volume
presents several research topics that address these phenomena
encompassing the traditional micro-, meso-, and macro-scales
descriptions, and contributes to our understanding of the
fundamentals of flowing matter. This book is the legacy of the COST
Action MP1305 "Flowing Matter".
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