Ultrasound-modulated twin-fluid atomization of a liquid jet

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-146

  Tsai, Shirley C ^a,b   Luu, Patrick ^a,b   Childs, Paul ^a,b   Tsai, Chen S ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; CAPILLARY FLOW; JETS; KINEMATICS; ULTRASONIC DISPERSION; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

RESONANT LIQUID CAPILLARY WAVE THEORY; TAYLOR-MODE BREAKUP; ULTRASOUND-MODULATED TWIN-FLUID ATOMIZATION;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

EID: 0032762689     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.741524     Document Type: Article

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