On the dynamics of head-on droplet collision: Experiment and simulation

AIAA Paper

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 7483-7501

  Pan, K L ^a,b   Law, C K ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY DROPLET; DROPLET COLLISION; EXPERIMENTAL COLLISION; MOLECULAR FORCE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROCARBONS; KINETIC ENERGY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LIQUID FUELS; SURFACE TENSION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942711788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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