Effect of a lateral gravitational field on the nonaxisymmetric equilibrium shapes of liquid bridges held between eccentric disks and of volumes equal to those of cylinders

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 817-822

  Laverón Simavilla, Ana ^a   Checa, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 0001138849     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869181     Document Type: Article

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