An analysis of head-on droplet collision with large deformation in gaseous medium

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Law, Chung K ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DEFORMATION; HYDROCARBONS; PHASE INTERFACES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

DROPLET DEFORMATION; GASEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; HEAD-ON DROPLET COLLISION; HYDROCARBON DROPLETS; ONE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SUPER-ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURES; THEORETICAL MODELING; VAN DER WAALS ATTRACTION;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 79955387007     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3580754     Document Type: Article

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