Stability analyses of long liquid bridges in the presence of gravity and flow

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 458, Issue 2027, 2002, Pages 2645-2669

  Atreya, Srinivas ^a   Steen, Paul H ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

AUTO; Codimension two; Liquid bridge; Universal unfolding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747614906     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2002.0989     Document Type: Article

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