The mechanism of surfactant effects on drop coalescence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Dai, Bing ^a,b   Leal, L Gary ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; AXIAL FLOW; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDRODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY INTEGRALS; DROP COALESCENCE; FILM DRAINAGE PROCESS; HEAD-ON COLLISION; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; MARANGONI EFFECTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SURFACTANT EFFECTS; MARANGONI EFFECT;

THIN FILMS; COALESCENCE;

AXIAL FLOW; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; COALESCENCE; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DROPS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 43149099922     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2911700     Document Type: Conference Paper

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