Experimental analysis of the coalescence process via head-on collisions in a time-dependent flow

DOI10.1063/1.1795291zbMath1187.76061MaRDI QIDQ3554684

L. Gary Leal, Yosang Yoon, Marcos Borrell

Publication date: 22 April 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1795291

zbMATH Keywords

deformation; rheology; capillarity; collision processes; external flows; rotational flow; drops; organic compounds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76-XX: Fluid mechanics

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