Drop breakup and fragment size distribution in shear flow

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1283-1298

  Cristini, V ^a   Guido, S ^b   Alfani, A ^b   Blawzdziewicz, J ^c   Loewenberg, M ^c  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; EMULSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOSITY;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL SIMULATION; CRITICAL CAPILLARY NUMBERS; FRAGMENT SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOKES FLOW CONDITION;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 0142175037     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1603240     Document Type: Article

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