Rayleigh's instability of Lennard-Jones liquid nanothreads simulated by molecular dynamics

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Min, Donghong ^a   Wong, Harris ^a  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum mechanics; Drops; Flow instability; Flow simulation; Molecular dynamics method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

DROPS; FLOW INSTABILITY; FLOW SIMULATION; RAYLEIGH STABILITY;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 33644603211     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2173620     Document Type: Article

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