Head-on collision of drops - A numerical investigation

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-42

  Nobari, M R ^a   Jan, Y J ^a   Tryggvason, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; DROPS; HEAD ON; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029676473     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868812     Document Type: Article

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