Bubble transitions in strongly collapsed elastic tubes

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 633, Issue , 2009, Pages 485-507

  Heap, Alexandra ^a   Juel, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; COLLAPSED TUBE; CRITICAL HEIGHT; DISCONTINUOUS TRANSITION; ELASTIC TUBES; FLUIDELASTIC INSTABILITY; LOW PRESSURES; SURFACE TENSION FORCE;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AIR BUBBLE; ASYMMETRY; BIFURCATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRITICAL FLOW; FLUID FLOW;

EID: 69649106181     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009007435     Document Type: Article

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