A deformable liquid drop falling through a quiescent gas at terminal velocity

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 658, Issue , 2010, Pages 438-462

  Feng, James Q ^a  

^a BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosols atomization; drops and bubbles; interfacial flows (free surface)

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; DROP BREAKUP; LIQUIDS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

CONTINUATION ALGORITHM; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DROPS AND BUBBLES; GALERKIN FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; INTERFACIAL FLOW (FREE SURFACE); INTERNAL CIRCULATIONS; QUADRILATERAL MESHES; VISCOUS LIQUID DROP;

DENSITY OF GASES;

ALGORITHM; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW STRUCTURE; FREE SURFACE FLOW; GALERKIN METHOD; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AGARICUS BISPORUS;

EID: 77957129282     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010001825     Document Type: Article

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