Dynamics of drops in branched tubes

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 315, Issue , 1996, Pages 105-117

  Manga, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEFORMABLE; DROPS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIPE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VISCOSITY;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL FORMULATION; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; DEFORMABLE DROPS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030131260     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096002352     Document Type: Article

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