Critical behavior of drops in linear flows. I. Phenomenological theory for drop dynamics near critical stationary states

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2709-2718

  Bławzdziewicz, Jerzy ^a   Cristini, Vittorio ^b   Loewenberg, Michael ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREEP; VISCOSITY;

DROP DYNAMICS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; CRITICAL FLOW; DROPLET; FLUID DYNAMICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 0036675315     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1485076     Document Type: Article

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