Coalescence of liquid drops by surface tension
- 27 March 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 63 (4), 046309
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.63.046309
Abstract
The merging of two mercury drops at very low kinetic energy is observed using fast, digital, and analog imaging techniques. Sequences showing the time evolution of the overall-surface shape as well as an amplified view of the contact region are shown. Qualitative and quantitative comparisons with computations of the Navier-Stokes equation with a free surface are made. In the model, the surface is tracked by a marker-chain method.Keywords
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