The coalescence of liquid drops in a viscous fluid: Interface formation model

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 751, Issue , 2014, Pages 480-499

  Sprittles, James E ^a   Shikhmurzaev, Yulii D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breakup coalescence; capillary flows; drops and bubbles

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; COALESCENCE; FLOCCULATION; LIQUIDS;

BREAKUP/COALESCENCE; COALESCENCE OF LIQUID DROPS; COALESCENCE PHENOMENON; COALESCING DROPS; CONVENTIONAL MODELING; DROPS AND BUBBLES; INTERFACE FORMATION; INTERNAL INTERFACES;

DROPS;

BUBBLE; CAPILLARITY; COALESCENCE; DROPLET; NUMERICAL MODEL; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 84904045081     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2014.313     Document Type: Article

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