Laminar flow resistance in short microtubes

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 506-512

  Phares, D J ^a,c   Smedley, G T ^b   Zhou, J ^b  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b Glaukos Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

LAMINAR FLOW RESISTANCE; LAMINAR PIPE FLOW; MICROSTENTS; SHORT MICROTUBES;

LAMINAR FLOW;

LAMINAR FLOW;

EID: 16844371627     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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