Surface tension driven-flow in non-coalescing liquid drops

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 937-946

  Monti, R ^a   Savino, R ^a   Cicala, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CAPILLARY FLOW; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TENSION;

GAUSS LAPLACE HYDROSTATIC EQUATION; NONCOALESCING LIQUID DROPS; THERMOCAPILLARY CONVECTION;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030157117     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(96)00094-X     Document Type: Article

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