An investigation of the flow regimes resulting from splashing drops

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 747-763

  Morton, David ^a,c   Rudman, Murray ^b   Jong Leng, Liow ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS;

EID: 0034094181     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870332     Document Type: Article

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