Particle-focusing characteristics of matched aerodynamic lenses

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 222-230

  Middha, Prachi ^a   Wexler, Anthony S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOCUSING; ORIFICES; PARTICLE BEAMS;

AERODYNAMIC LENSES; MASS FLOW RATE; PARTICLE TRANSMISSION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LENS IMPLANT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 18544367947     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027868290922131     Document Type: Article

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