On anomalously low values of the tensile strength of water

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 456, Issue 1998, 2000, Pages 1321-1332

  Williams, P R ^a   Williams, R L ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Dynamic stressing; water; Pulse reflection; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011751585     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2000.0564     Document Type: Article

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