Simulations of pendant drop formation of a viscoelastic liquid

Korea Australia Rheology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 41-49

  Davidson, Malcolm R ^a   Harvie, Dalton J E ^a   Cooper White, Justin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interface; Pendant drop; Viscoelastic; Volume of fluid method

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746009986     PISSN: 1226119X     EISSN: 1226119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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