Pressure-driven capillary snap-off of gas bubbles at low wetting-liquid content

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 212, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 99-108

  Kovscek, A R ^a   Radke, C J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Corner flow; Pressure driven flow; Snap off; Strong foam generation

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

SNAP-OFF MECHANISM;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

WETTING AGENT;

ARTICLE; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LENS; LIQUID; MOTION; POROSITY; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0037461558     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-7757(02)00302-3     Document Type: Article

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