Stability of sessile and pendant liquid drops

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-20

  Pozrikidis, C ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Pendant drops; Stability; Stokes flow

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; BOND NUMBERS; BOUNDARY-INTEGRAL METHODS; CONTACT LINES; DROP DETACHMENT; HORIZONTAL PLANES; INCLINED PLANES; LIQUID DROP; NEGATIVE CURVATURE; PENDANT DROP; PENDANT DROPS; SOLUTION SPACE; STOKES FLOWS;

CONTACT ANGLE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SAILING VESSELS; SURFACE TENSION;

DROPS;

EID: 84856209304     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: 15732703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10665-011-9459-3     Document Type: Article

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