Coalescence of liquid drops

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 401, Issue , 1999, Pages 293-310

  Eggers, Jens ^a   Lister, John R ^b   Stone, Howard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000106574     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211209900662X     Document Type: Article

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