Anmerkung: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I: Personal Reminiscences -- M.G. Velarde: Succint Biography. Doing Science in Spainas a Maverick -- M.G. Velarde: Highlights of Research Achievements -- Gallery of Portraits and Other Pictures -- Thirteen Years of Collaboration with Manuel on Complexity in Biorobotics and Brain Science -- References -- My Relation with Professor Manuel G. Velarde -- My Scientific and Personal Relation with Manuel G. Velarde -- Manolo García Velarde: Three Relevant Traits of His Multifaceted Persona -- 1 Highly Unusual -- 2 Excessive -- 3 Perseverant -- Reminiscences from an Expatriate Scientist -- An Extraordinary Year of My Life -- Reminiscence of My Time in Manuel's Group at the Instituto Pluridisciplinar -- My Year with Manuel -- Our Adventure with Manuel -- Part II: Scientific Contributions: Flows, Instabilities and Convective Patterns -- A Peculiar Observation Arising from the Stokes Approximation in Certain Closed Flows -- 1 The Stokes Eigen Problem -- 2 Some Computations and Inferences -- References -- Influence of Periodic and Quasi-periodic GravitationalModulation on Convective Instability of Reaction Frontsin Porous Media -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Governing Equations and Linear Stability Analysis -- 2.1 The Model -- 2.2 The Dimensionless Model -- 2.3 Linear Stability Analysis -- 2.4 Approximation of Infinitely Narrow Reaction Zone -- 2.5 Formulation of the Interface Problem -- 2.6 Travelling Wave Solution -- 3 Numerical Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Case of Periodic Vibration -- 3.2 Case of Periodic Vibration with Modulation of Amplitude -- 3.3 Case of Quasi-periodic Modulation -- 4 Summary -- 5 Appendix -- 5.1 The Method of Matched Asymptotic Expansions -- 5.2 Simple Example -- References -- Genesis of Bénard-Marangoni Patterns in Thin Liquid Films Drying into Air -- 1 Introduction. , 2 Experimental Set-Up and Procedures -- 3 Preliminary Results and Discussions -- 4 Further Conclusions and Perspectives -- References -- Pattern Formation Emerging from Stationary Solutal Marangoni Instability: A Roadmap Through the Underlying Hierarchic Structures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Central Theses -- 3 The Building Blocks of Interfacial Convection -- 3.1 Roll Cells -- 3.2 Chaotic Relaxation Oscillations -- 3.3 Synchronized Relaxation Oscillation Waves -- 4 Time-Sequence of Structure Formation -- 5 Outlook -- References -- Observation of the Thermocapillary Motion of a Dropletin a Laser Beam -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Experimental Methodology -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Influence of Heat Flux Modulation on Thermocapillary Instability in a Binary Mixture with the Soret Effect -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problem Statement and Governing Equations -- 3 Longwave Approximation -- 4 Shortwave Instabilities -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Onset of Stationary Flows of a Cohesive Granular Materialin a Channel -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Liminary Results -- 2.1 Set of Equations -- 2.2 Constant Coefficient of Friction -- 2.3 Flow for μ = Constant -- 2.3.1 Iso-velocity Attaining the Free Surface -- 2.3.2 Rough Lateral Walls -- 2.3.3 Smooth Lateral Walls -- 3 Flow for a Non Constant Coefficient of Friction -- 4 Weak and High Cohesions -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Scientific Contributions: Interfacial Phenomena, Wetting and Spreading Problems -- Thermography Applied to Interfacial Phenomena, Potentials and Pitfalls -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Radiation and Heat Transfer Theory -- 3 Example of Applications: Evaporating and Boiling Liquids -- 4 Evaporating Droplets -- 5 Boiling and Two-Phase Flows in Micro-Channels -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Shear Rheology of Interfaces: Micro Rheological Methods -- 1 Introduction. , 2 Experimental Techniques -- 2.1 Fundamentals of Video Microscopy Particle Tracking -- 2.2 Fundamentals of the Optical Tweezers Technique -- 3 Dynamics of Particles at Interfaces -- 3.1 Diffusion Coefficient of Particles Adsorbed at Fluid Interfaces -- 3.2 Fischer's Theory for the Shear Micro-Rheology of Monolayers at Fluid Interfaces -- 4 Particle Tracking Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Cohesive and Non-cohesive Adsorption of Surfactantsat Liquid Interfaces -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Henry's Adsorption Constant, Adsorption Energy and Thickness -- 2.1 Henry's Adsorption Isotherm -- 2.2 Geometry of a Surfactant Molecule -- 2.3 Interaction Potential of a Surfactant Molecule with the Interface -- 2.4 Partition Functions of a Surfactant Molecule at the Interface -- 3 Cohesive and Non-cohesive Adsorption of Surfactants -- 3.1 Non-cohesive Adsorption and Helfand-Frisch-Lebowitz Model -- 3.2 Cohesive Adsorption: Phenomenological Relations -- 3.3 Processing of Experimental Data -- 4 Analysis of the Experimental Data for the Cohesive Pressure πcoh and the Adsorption Constant Ka -- 4.1 The Cohesive Pressure πcoh -- 4.2 Effect of the Surfactant Structure on the Adsorption Constant Ka -- 4.3 Temperature Dependence of the Adsorption -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Surface Wetting: From a Phenomenon to an Important Analytical Tool -- 1 Theoretical Concepts of Wetting -- 1.1 Surface Tension and Surface Energy -- 1.2 Young Equation -- 1.3 Adsorbed Water Film -- 1.4 Work of Adhesion -- 1.5 Critical Surface Tension -- 1.6 Fowkes and Good Theories -- 2 Contact Angle Measurements -- 2.1 Quasi-static Contact Angle Measurements -- 2.2 Dynamic Wetting Measurements -- 3 Wetting Measurement in Technological Applications -- 3.1 Fibre Wetting in Composite Processing -- 3.2 Wetting Studies on Human Hair -- 3.3 Wetting Measurements in Textile Characterization. , 3.4 Wettability of Engineered Nanoparticles -- References -- Wetting Transition and Line Tension of Oil on Water -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Free Energy Profile Approach to Thin Liquid Film Formation -- 3 Wetting of Alkane on Water -- 4 Freezing Transition of Wetting Film -- 5 Relation Between Wetting Transition and Line Tension -- 6 Line Tension at Wetting Transition -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Dynamics of a Complete Wetting Liquid Under Evaporation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Low Constant Speed Model -- 3 Evaporating Sessile Droplet -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Evaporation of Sessile Droplets of Liquid on Solid Substrates -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Stages of Sessile Droplet Evaporation -- 3 Dependence of Evaporation Flux on the Droplet Size -- 4 Distribution of Evaporation Flux at the Droplet Surface -- 5 Thermal Marangoni Convection -- 6 Influence of Heat Conductivity -- 7 Ring-Like Stain Formation -- 8 Complete Wetting -- 9 Partial Wetting and Contact Angle Hysteresis -- 10 Kelvin's and Kinetic Effects -- 11 Derjaguin's (Disjoining/Conjoining) Pressure -- References -- Superspreading: Role of the Substrate Surface Energy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Surface Activity of Superspreader Silwet L77: Data Analyses -- 3 Superspreading: Concepts and Models -- 4 Modeling Spreading vs. Substrate Wettability -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Part IV: Scientific Contributions: Waves and Solitons, and Other Collective Excitations -- Coupled Korteweg-de Vries Equations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Derivation -- 2.1 Formulation -- 2.2 Coupled Modes -- 3 Asymptotic Expansion -- 4 Interacting Solitary Waves -- 5 Summary -- Appendix -- References -- Water Waves and Time Arrows in Conservative Continuum Physics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Eulerian Equations of Nonlinear Water Waves -- 3 Time Arrow in Nonlinear Wave Breaking -- 4 Time Arrow in Nonlinear Merging of Bores. , 5 Time Arrow in a Cauchy-Poisson Problem -- 6 A Radiation Condition Posing a Time Arrow -- 7 Time Arrows of Resonance and Instabilities -- 8 Time Arrow of Spiral Water Waves -- 9 Time Arrow of the Impulsive Time Scale -- 10 Conclusions -- References -- Surface Wave Damping -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Early Developments -- 3 Isolating Effects -- 4 New Experiments on Millimetric Liquid Bridges -- 5 Consequences on the Surface Wave Dynamics -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Shadowgraph Contrast of Internal Wave Trains During Absorption -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Experimental System and Methods -- 3 Results and Conclusions -- References -- Formation of Mach-Stems on Shock Fronts and Cellular Detonations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Stability Analysis of Shock Waves -- 2.1 Formulation -- 2.2 Pressure and Entropy-Vorticity Waves -- 2.3 Compatibility Condition -- 2.4 Boundary Conditions at the Shock -- 2.5 General Case -- 2.6 Polytropic Gases -- 2.6.1 Neutral Modes -- 2.6.2 Non-radiating Condition -- 3 Weakly Nonlinear Analysis -- 3.1 Strong Shocks in the Newtonian Limit -- 3.2 Perturbation Method -- 3.2.1 Isobaric Approximation -- 3.2.2 Compatibility Condition -- 3.3 Result for Simple Waves -- 3.3.1 Isobaric Analysis -- 3.3.2 Validity of the Isobaric Approximation -- 3.3.3 Burgers Equation -- 4 Conclusion -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- References -- Cavity Solitons -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Main Properties of Cavity Solitons -- 3 Cavity Soliton Laser and Cavity Soliton Billiard -- References -- Three-Wave Backward Optical Solitons -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Three-Wave Model and Analytical Solitary-Wave Solutions -- 2.1 Solitary Wave Solution -- 3 Self-pulsing in a Backward Doubly Resonant OPO -- 3.1 Inhomogeneous Stationary Solutions -- 3.2 Stability Analysis of the Inhomogeneous Stationary Solutions -- 3.2.1 Absence of Walk-Off. , 3.2.2 Finite Temporal Walk-Off.

Anmerkung: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 -- Geological and Geophysical Characteristics of the Transform Fault Zones1 -- 1.1 General Description -- 1.2 Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone -- 1.3 Vema Fracture Zone -- 1.4 Romanche Fracture Zone -- 1.5 Chain Fracture Zone -- 1.6 Vema Channel -- Chapter 2 -- Deep Water Masses of the South and North Atlantic -- 2.1 General Description -- 2.2 Antarctic Intermediate Water -- 2.3 Upper Circumpolar Water and Upper Circumpolar Deep Water -- 2.4 North Atlantic Deep Water -- 2.5 Lower Circumpolar Water and Lower Circumpolar Deep Water, Circumpolar Bottom Water, Southeast Pacific Deep Water, and Warm D -- 2.6 Antarctic Bottom Water -- Chapter 3 -- Source Regions, Abyssal Pathways, and Bottom Flow Channels (for Waters of the Antarctic Origin) -- 3.1 General Description -- 3.2 Weddell Sea and Weddell Gyre -- 3.3 Agulhas and Cape Basins -- 3.4 Drake Passage, Scotia Sea, and Georgia Basin -- 3.4.1 General Description and Bottom Topography -- 3.4.2 Deep and Bottom Water Masses and Previous Concepts of Circulation -- 3.4.3 Analysis of Recent Data -- 3.5 Antarctic Bottom Water in the Argentine Basin -- Chapter 4 -- Exchange Between the Argentine and Brazil Basins -- Abyssal Pathways and Bottom Flow Channels (for Waters of the Antarctic Origin) -- 4.1 General Description -- 4.2 Vema Channel -- 4.2.1 Topography and General Description -- 4.2.2 History of Research and Datasets of Long-Term Observations -- 4.2.3 Deep and Bottom Waters -- 4.2.4 Section Along the Channel -- 4.2.5 Structure of the Flow. Sections Across the Channel -- 4.2.6 Trends in Potential Temperature and Salinity of the Coldest Bottom Water Observed Since 1972 -- 4.2.7 Salinity Variations -- 4.2.8 Flow in the Southern Part of the Channel at the Boundary with the Argentine Basin. , 4.2.9 Moored Observations of Velocities in the Channel -- 4.2.10 Measurements with the Lowered ADCP -- 4.2.11 Moored Measurements and Satellite Topography -- 4.2.12 Temperature Fluctuations and Current Shear in the Flow of Antarctic Bottom Water at the Vema Sill -- 4.2.13 Suspended Matter in the Channel and Adjacent Slopes of the Rio Grande Rise -- 4.3 Santos Plateau -- 4.4 Hunter Channel -- Chapter 5 -- Further Propagation of Antarctic Bottom Water from the Brazil Basin -- 5.1 Brazil Basin -- 5.2 Flow in the Guiana Basin and Westward Equatorial Channels -- 5.3 North American Basin -- 5.4 Eastward Equatorial Channels. The Romanche and Chain Fracture Zones -- 5.4.1 Research History -- 5.4.2 Moored and LADCP Measurements of Currents -- 5.4.3 CTD-Sections Along and Across the Fracture Zones -- 5.4.4 Time Variations in Temperature and Salinity -- 5.4.5 Underwater Cataract in the Chain Fracture Zone -- 5.5 Vema Fracture Zone -- 5.5.1 Bottom Topography -- 5.5.2 Measurements -- 5.5.3 Structure of Bottom Flow -- 5.5.4 Bottom Water Transport -- 5.6 Eastern Basin Pathways and Further Propagation of Antarctic Bottom Water in the East Atlantic -- 5.6.1 General Description -- 5.6.2 Mixing Caused by the Barotropic Tide -- 5.7 Kane Gap -- 5.8 Angola Basin -- Chapter 6 -- Flows through the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Northern Channels. Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone and Other Fracture Zones1 -- Integrated Conclusions -- References.

Anmerkung: Geological and geophysical characteristics of the transform fault zones -- Deep water masses of the South and North Atlantic -- Source regions, Abyssal pathways, and bottom flow channels (for waters of the Antarctic origin) -- Exchange between the Argentine and Brazil Basins, Abyssal pathways and Bottom Flow Channels (for waters of the Antarctic origin) -- Further propagation of Antarctic Bottom Water from the Brazil Basin -- Flows through the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Northern Channels : Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone and other Fracture Zones.