A computational analysis of the hydrodynamic instability of a liquid jet focused into a converging microchannel

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 739-756

  Hardt, S ^a   Jiang, F ^b   Schonfeld F ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Free surface flow; Hydrodynamic focusing; Hydrodynamic instabilities; Liquid jet

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; LIQUID JETS; MICROCHANNELS; STOKES FLOW REGIME;

JETS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FREE SURFACE FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; JET FLOW; MICROCHANNEL;

EID: 19044388734     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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