Detachment of droplets from cylinders in flow using an experimental analogue

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 771, Issue , 2015, Pages 327-340

  Hotz, C J ^a,b   Mead Hunter, R ^b,c   Becker, T ^b   King, A J C ^b   Wurster, S ^a   Kasper, G ^a   Mullins, B J ^b,c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

breakup coalescence; bubble dynamics; drops and bubbles

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DROPS;

BREAKUP/COALESCENCE; BUBBLE DYNAMICS; DETACHMENT FORCES; DROPLET DETACHMENT; DROPS AND BUBBLES; FIBRE DIAMETERS; LIQUID DROPLETS; POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP;

FIBERS;

BUBBLE; COALESCENCE; CYLINDER; DROPLET; FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER LAW;

EID: 84928387477     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2015.177     Document Type: Article

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