Design of micromixers using CFD modelling

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 8-9 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2503-2516

  Aubin, J ^a   Fletcher, D F ^b   Xuereb, C ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Laminar flow; Micromixer; Mixing; Spatial analysis; Striation thickness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THICKNESS CONTROL;

MICROMIXERS; MIXING QUALITY; SPATIAL DATA STATISTICS; STRIATION THICKNESS;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 14544292014     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.11.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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