Propulsion mechanisms for Leidenfrost solids on ratchets

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Baier, Tobias ^a   Dupeux, Guillaume ^b,c   Herbert, Stefan ^a   Hardt, Steffen ^a   Quéré, David ^b,c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ESPCI   (France)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; LUBRICATION APPROXIMATIONS; MODEL RESULTS; PRESSURE-DRIVEN FLOWS; PROPULSION MECHANISMS; PROPULSIVE FORCES; VISCOUS DRAG;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

VAPORS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; FRICTION; GAS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; VISCOSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; GASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOTION; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84874536542     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.021001     Document Type: Article

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