On the shear modulus of two-dimensional liquid foams: A theoretical study of the effect of geometrical disorder

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 560-567

  Kruyt, N P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elastic behavior; Geometrical disorder; Shear modulus; Surface tension; Two dimensional liquid foams

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; SURFACE TENSION;

ELASTIC BEHAVIOR; GEOMETRICAL DISORDER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL LIQUID FOAMS;

FOAMS;

EID: 34547362351     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2424241     Document Type: Article

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