Asymptotics of a sequence of pendant drops

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1569-1580

  O'Brien, Stephen B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Asymptotics; Curvature; Matched asymptotic expansions; Pendant drops; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; SURFACE TENSION;

ASYMPTOTIC STRUCTURES; PENDANT DROPS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 0036588726     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139901384789     Document Type: Article

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