A computational study of the coalescence between a drop and an interface in Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Yue, Pengtao ^a   Zhou, Chunfeng ^a   Feng, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capillary waves; Drops; Non Newtonian flow; Non Newtonian fluids; Numerical analysis; Pattern formation; Surface energy; Two phase flow; Viscoelasticity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; COALESCENCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

NECK FORMATION; OHNESORGE NUMBER; PATTERN FORMATION; PINCH-OFF; THINNING;

DROP FORMATION;

CAPILLARY FLOW; COALESCENCE; DROP FORMATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33750581635     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2364144     Document Type: Article

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