Rheology of a dilute emulsion of surfactant-covered spherical drops

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-85

  Blawzdziewicz, J ^a   Vlahovska, P ^a   Loewenberg, M ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DROP FORMATION; EMULSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

PERTURBATION EXPANSION; STOKES FLOW;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 0033908810     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00366-0     Document Type: Article

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