Energy landscapes and bistability to finite-amplitude disturbances for the capillary bridge

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3063-3069

  Bhandar, Anand S ^a   Vogel, Michael J ^a   Steen, Paul H ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

CAPILLARY BRIDGES; ENERGY LANDSCAPES;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 4344708676     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1761510     Document Type: Article

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