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High Throughput Analysis of Liquid Droplet Impacts
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Cratering response during droplet impacts on granular beds

Emmanuel Wyser1, Dario Carrea2, Michel Jaboyedoff2

  • 1University of Lausanne, Institute of Earth Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland. emmanuel.wyser@unil.ch.

The European Physical Journal. E, Soft Matter
|August 25, 2019
PubMed
Summary

Liquid droplet impacts cause significant cratering and deformation in granular layers. Granular heterogeneity impacts crater magnitude but not impact dynamics, challenging simple models.

Keywords:
Flowing Matter: Granular Materials

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