Capillary Interception of Floating Particles by Surface-Piercing Vegetation

Surface-piercing vegetation often captures particles that flow on the water surface, where surface tension forces contribute to capture. Yet the physics of capillary capture in flow has not been addressed. Here we model the capture of floating particles by surface-piercing collectors at moderately l...

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Main Authors: Peruzzo, Paolo, Defina, Andrea, Stocker, Roman, Nepf, Heidi
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84974
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3199-0508