A molecular dynamics study of drop spreading on a solid surface

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1357-1362

  Wu, Xuhong ^a   Phan Thien, Nhan ^a   Fan, Xi Jun ^a   Ng, Teng Yong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; DROP FORMATION; VELOCITY;

FLEXIBLE CHAIN SYSTEMS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

DROPLET; DYNAMICS; FLUID FILM; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; LIQUID; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOLID INTERFACE; SPREADING RATE;

EID: 0037831181     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1566751     Document Type: Article

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