Floating versus sinking

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 115-135

  Vella, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

buoyancy; hydrophobicity; Surface tension; water walking

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUOYANCY; HYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE TENSION;

AIR WATER INTERFACES; SMALL OBJECTS; WATER-WALKING INSECTS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

ADAPTATION; BUOYANCY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECT; SURFACE TENSION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84921023168     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-010814-014627     Document Type: Review

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