Dynamics of a Drop in a Constricted Capillary Tube

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 274, Issue , 1994, Pages 197-217

  Tsai, T M ^a   Miksis, Michael J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBES; CAVITATION; DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; VISCOSITY;

CONSTRICTED CAPILLARY TUBE; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

DROP BREAKUP;

CAPILLARIES; DROPS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH;

EID: 0028501556     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112094002090     Document Type: Article

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