No-splash theorems for fluid interfaces

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 573-574

  Fefferman, Charles L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID; MECHANICS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84892595836     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321805111     Document Type: Note

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