Numerical simulation of head-on droplet collision: Effect of viscosity on maximum deformation

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Dai, Meizhong ^a   Schmidt, David P ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Amherst   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

DEFORMATION AMPLITUDE; DROPLETS; FLUID VISCOSITY; HEAD-ON DROPLET COLLISION;

VISCOSITY;

COLLISION; DROPLET;

EID: 17444387472     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1874232     Document Type: Article

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