Separation-driven coalescence of droplets: an analytical criterion for the approach to contact

DOI10.1017/S0022112009007320zbMath1183.76896OpenAlexW2106082440MaRDI QIDQ3550279

Nicolas Bremond, Ann Lai, Howard A. Stone

Publication date: 31 March 2010

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112009007320

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible viscous fluids (76D45) Liquid-gas two-phase flows, bubbly flows (76T10)

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