Experimental investigation of the liquid interface reorientation upon step reduction in gravity

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 974, Issue , 2002, Pages 246-260

  Michaelis, Mark ^a   Dreyer, Michael E ^a   Rath, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary rise; Circular cylinder; Free surface reorientation; Morton number; Step reduction in gravity

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

CAPILLARY FLOW; CONFERENCE PAPER; GRAVITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIQUID; MICROGRAVITY; OSCILLATION; REFRACTION INDEX; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037024602     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb05911.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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