On cylindrical container sections for a capillary free-surface experiment

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 169-174

  Chen, A ^a   Concus, P ^a   Finn, R ^b   Weislogel, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTACT ANGLE; CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 0030350566     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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