Fluid flow through microscale fractal-like branching channel networks

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1051-1057

  Alharbi, Ali Y ^a   Pence, Deborah V ^b   Cullion, Rebecca N ^b  

^a The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; HEAT FLUX; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PRESSURE DROP; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FRACTAL-LIKE BRANCHING NETWORKS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE STAR-CD;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 1642536651     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1625684     Document Type: Article

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