Self-propelling uneven Leidenfrost solids

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Dupeux, Guillaume ^a,b   Baier, Tobias ^c   Bacot, Vincent ^b   Hardt, Steffen ^c   Clanet, Christophe ^a,b   Quéré, David ^a,b  

^a ESPCI   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; PHYSICS;

HOT SURFACE; LATERAL FORCE; LUBRICATION FLOWS; MASS DISTRIBUTION; VAPOR LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

EID: 84878539849     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4807007     Document Type: Letter

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