Droplet migration, deformation, and orientation in the presence of a plane wall: A numerical study compared with analytical theories

DOI10.1063/1.858629zbMath0777.76056MaRDI QIDQ4202817

Evert-Jan Nijhof, Robert M. Heethaar, Wim S. J. Uijttewaal

Publication date: 13 October 1993

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.858629

zbMATH Keywords

disturbance velocities; large particle deformations; linear unidirectional shear flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76D07: Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows

76M15: Boundary element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics

76D45: Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible viscous fluids

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