The influence of surface tension gradients on drop coalescence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Blanchette, François ^a   Messio, Laura ^b   Bush, John W M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE TENSION;

DROP COALESCENCE; DROP SIZE; LIQUID RESERVOIRS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PARTIAL COALESCENCE; SATELLITE DROPLETS; SURFACE TENSION GRADIENT; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

DROPS;

EID: 70350738646     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3177339     Document Type: Article

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