The effect of slight deformation on droplet coalescence in linear flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1178-1190

  Rother, M A ^a   Davis, R H ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

LINEAR FLOW;

DROP FORMATION;

COALESCENCE; DEFORMATION; DROPLET;

EID: 0035340146     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1358871     Document Type: Article

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