Experimental study on capillary flow in a vane-wall gap geometry

AIAA Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2395-2403

  Chen, Yongkang ^a,b,c,d   Collicott, Steven H ^a,b,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTAINERS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); VISCOSITY;

CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS; MICROGRAVITY; VANE EDGE BLUNTNESS; VANE-WALL GAP GEOMETRY;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 28844501928     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.12604     Document Type: Article

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