A quasimolecular approach for discrete study of droplet collision

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-200

  Sikdar, S ^a   Chung, J N ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision dynamics; Droplet; Impact number; Quasimolecule; Weber number

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031524494     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618569708940804     Document Type: Article

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