Scherk-type capillary graphs

Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-119

  Huff, Robert ^a,b   McCuan, John ^c,d  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Contact angle; Free surface; Mean curvature; Minimal surface; Wedge domain; Weierstrass representation

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTACT ANGLE; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FREE SURFACE; MEAN CURVATURE; MINIMAL SURFACE; WEDGE DOMAIN; WEIERSTRASS REPRESENTATION;

GRAPH THEORY;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTACT ANGLE; GRAPH THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 33645112532     PISSN: 14226928     EISSN: 14226952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00021-004-0140-8     Document Type: Article

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