Multiple stationary states for deformable drops in linear stokes flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Blawzdziewicz J ^a   Cristini, Vittorio ^a   Loewenberg, Michael ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

CAPILLARY STRESSES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

DEFORMATION; DROPLET; STOKES FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0038268079     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1562162     Document Type: Article

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