Equilibrium conditions for the floating of multiple interfacial objects

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 549, Issue , 2006, Pages 215-224

  Vella, Dominic ^a   Metcalfe, Paul D ^a   Whittaker, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SURFACE TENSION;

EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; FLUID INTERFACES; INTERFACIAL OBJECTS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLUID MECHANICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SURFACE TENSION;

FLUID MECHANICS; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 33645533794     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005008013     Document Type: Article

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