Stalactite growth as a free-boundary problem

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Short, Martin B ^a   Baygents, James C ^b   Goldstein, Raymond E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DIFFUSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THIN FILMS;

FLUID PARCEL; FREE-BOUNDARY PROBLEM; SPELEOTHEMS; STALACTITE;

CARBONATE MINERALS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 24144475975     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2006027     Document Type: Article

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