Pressure-driven motion of drops and bubbles through cylindrical capillaries: effect of buoyancy

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3748-3759

  Borhan, Ali ^a   Pallinti, Jayanthi ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); BUOYANCY; DROP BREAKUP; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE TENSION; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOUS FLOW;

BOND NUMBER; CAPILLARY NUMBER;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

BUBBLE; BUOYANCY; CAPILLARY;

EID: 0032172756     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980087l     Document Type: Article

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