Experimental investigation of water droplet binary collisions and description of outcomes with a symmetric Weber number

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Rabe, C ^a   Malet, J ^a   Feuillebois, F ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SEPARATION;

BINARY COLLISIONS; DIAMETER RATIO; EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; IMPACT VELOCITIES; IMPACT-PARAMETER; SMALL DROPLETS; WATER DROPLETS;

DROPS;

EID: 77953350326     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3392768     Document Type: Article

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