Coalescence of colliding van der Waals liquid drops

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 48, Issue 19-20, 2005, Pages 4041-4061

  Meleán, Yasmin ^a   Sigalotti, Leonardo Di G ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Drops and bubbles; Fluid dynamics; Numerical methods; Van der Waals molecules; Viscosity liquids

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COLLISION DYNAMICS; LIQUID DROPS; PLANAR GEOMETRY; SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS (SPH);

DROP FORMATION;

DROPLET; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; VISCOSITY;

EID: 22544437890     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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