A boundary-integral study of a drop squeezing through interparticle constrictions

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 564, Issue , 2006, Pages 227-266

  Zinchenko, Alexander Z ^a   Davis, Robert H ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; STEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY;

DEFORMABLE DROP; DROP SQUEEZING; DROP VELOCITY; EMULSION FLOW; INTERPARTICLE CONSTRICTIONS;

DROP BREAKUP;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DROP BREAKUP; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; STEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY;

DEFORMATION; DROPLET; EMULSION; FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARTICLE MOTION;

EID: 33748902094     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006001479     Document Type: Article

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