Cavitation in flow through a micro-orifice inside a silicon microchannel

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Mishra, Chandan ^a   Peles, Yoav ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; HYDRODYNAMICS; ORIFICES; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

HYDRODYNAMIC CAVITATION; MICRO-ORIFICES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFABRICATION;

CAVITATION;

CAVITATION; CHANNEL FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 19944429711     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1827602     Document Type: Review

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