Liquid-bridge mediated droplet switch: A tristable capillary system

DOI10.1063/1.2149399zbMath1188.76011OpenAlexW2048762723MaRDI QIDQ3557410

Anand S. Bhandar, Paul H. Steen

Publication date: 22 April 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149399

zbMATH Keywords

two-phase flowsurface tensioncapillarityflow instabilityPoincaré mappingdrops

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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