The shape, stability and breakage of pendant liquid bridges

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 352, Issue , 1997, Pages 177-204

  Padday, J F ^a   Petre G ^b   Rusu, C G ^b   Gamero, J ^c   Wozniak, G ^c  

^a Nether Crutches   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CAPILLARITY; GEOMETRY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STABILITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

PENDANT LIQUID BRIDGES; SATELLITE DROP;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 0031333074     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097007234     Document Type: Article

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