Three-phase flow and wetability effects in triangular capillaries

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 155, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 259-276

  Firincioglu, Tuba ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^a   Zhou, Dengen ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chevron 1300 Beach Blvd PO Box 446 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Corner flow; Spreading; Three phase flow; Wetability

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PHASE INTERFACES; WETTING;

CORNER FLOW; SPREADING;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

DECANE; DODECANE; HEXANE; OCTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CONTACT ANGLE; DRUG MIXTURE; FLOW RATE; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISCOSITY; WATER FLOW; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0032791207     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-7757(99)00039-4     Document Type: Article

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