A numerical study of the effect of operating parameters on drop formation in a squeeze mode inkjet device

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-34

  Wu, Hsuan Chung ^a   Lin, Huey Jiuan ^b   Hwang, Weng Sing ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP FORMATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NOZZLES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIPE; SURFACE TENSION;

FLOW CHANNELS; INKJET DEVICES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PRESSURE WAVES;

INK;

EID: 12344312994     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/13/1/002     Document Type: Article

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