Two-phase flow through square and circular microchannels - Effect of channel geometry

Proceedings of the ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference

Volumn 2 B, Issue , 2003, Pages 1459-1467

  Chung, Peter M Y ^a   Kawahara, Akimaro ^b   Kawaji, Masahiro ^a   Shibata, Yuichi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gas liquid; Microchannel; Microfluidics; Two phase

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); BUOYANCY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDICS; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHASE SEPARATION; PRESSURE DROP; PROBABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

INTERMITTENT FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; SLUG FLOW; VOID FRACTIONS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0346273055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/fedsm2003-45377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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