Experimental and computational study of liquid drop over flat and spherical surfaces

Catalysis Today

Volumn 79-80, Issue , 2003, Pages 267-273

  Gunjal, P R ^a   Ranade, V V ^a   Chaudhari, R V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

CFD; Droplet dynamics; High speed camera; VOF

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SPHERES; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

DROP DYNAMICS; TRICKLE BED REACTORS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0038558254     PISSN: 09205861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-5861(03)00049-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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