The breakup of immiscible fluids in turbulent flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 502, Issue , 2004, Pages 309-333

  Eastwood, C D ^a   Armi, L ^b   Lasheras, J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); IMAGE PROCESSING; JETS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE TENSION; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; WATER JETS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

DISPERSION; FLUID MECHANICS; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 16544386238     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003007730     Document Type: Article

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