Nonlinear capillary wave distortion and disintegration of thin planar liquid sheets

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 388, Issue , 1999, Pages 69-113

  Mehring, C ^a   Sirignano, W A ^a  

^a University of California Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NOZZLES; OSCILLATIONS; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

CRITICAL FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT WEBER NUMBER; DISCRETE-VORTEX METHOD; NONLINEAR CAPILLARY WAVE DISTORTIONS; THIN PLANAR LIQUID SHEETS;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 0032687396     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099004693     Document Type: Article

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