The effect of slight deformation on droplet coalescence in linear flows

DOI10.1063/1.1358871zbMath1184.76464OpenAlexW2042953839MaRDI QIDQ3555452

Robert H. Davis, Michael A. Rother

Publication date: 22 April 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1358871

zbMATH Keywords

deformationvan der Waals forcesshear flowdigital simulationdrops

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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