Liquid bridge stabilization: Theory guides a codimension-two experiment

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 170, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 209-221

  Chen, Yi Ju ^a,b   Robinson, Nathaniel D ^a   Herndon, Jody M ^a   Steen, Paul H ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AXIAL FLOW; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LYAPUNOV METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

LIQUID BRIDGE STABILIZATION; LUBRICATION-FLOW APPROXIMATION; LYAPUNOV-SCHMIDT METHOD; PLATEAU-RAYLEIGH LIMIT;

SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0032631721     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(98)00195-9     Document Type: Article

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