Gravity effects on capillary flows in sharp corners

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Ramé, Enrique ^a   Weislogel, Mark M ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; HEAT CONDUCTION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; GRAVITY EFFECTS; NEW EXACT SOLUTIONS; NONLINEAR HEAT-CONDUCTION EQUATION; SIMILARITY COEFFICIENTS; UNSTEADY ANALYSIS; UNSTEADY PROBLEMS;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 65549124596     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3109685     Document Type: Article

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