Scaling of the fingering pattern of an impacting drop

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1344-1346

  Marmanis, H ^a   Thoroddsen, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; FINGERING; FLOW PATTERNS; IMPACT;

EID: 0029673046     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868941     Document Type: Article

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