The mechanism of surfactant effects on drop coalescence

DOI10.1063/1.2911700zbMath1182.76174OpenAlexW2003991710MaRDI QIDQ5303856

L. Gary Leal, Bing Dai

Publication date: 18 March 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2911700

zbMATH Keywords

surface tensionboundary integral equationssurfactantsdrops

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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Uses Software

• LAPACK

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