Drop break-up in intermittent turbulence: maximum stable and transient sizes of drops

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 456-470

  Baldyga, Jerzy ^a   Podgórska, Wioletta ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; INTERMITTENT TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS; WEBER NUMBER;

DROP BREAKUP;

DROP; STABILITY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032100992     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450760316     Document Type: Article

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