How do bubbles enter a capillary?

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1685-1700

  De Tezanos Pinto, M ^a   Abraham, M A ^a,b   Cerro, R L ^a  

^a The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

^b The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble train flow; Capillaries; Lubrication flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POROUS MATERIALS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CONCURRENT FLOW;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLES; CAPILLARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE;

EID: 0031150207     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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