Deformation of a droplet passing through a contraction

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED

Volumn 257, Issue 1 B, 2002, Pages 773-779

  Whyte, David S ^a   Cooper White, Justin ^a   Davidson, Malcolm ^a   Lundqvist, Amanda ^a   Schaerringer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTION GEOMETRY; DROPLET DEFORMATION; FLOW RATE; SILICON OIL DROPLETS; VOLUME OF FLUID CODE; WEBER NUMBERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; FLOW MEASUREMENT; ORIFICES; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

STEADY FLOW;

EID: 0036439644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FEDSM2002-31134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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