Flow simulation and visualization of a microdroplet generator

Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-152

  Chen, Chung Chu ^a   Chung, Chen Kuei ^b   Chen, Shih Huei ^c   Liou, Tong Ming ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP FORMATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; NOZZLES;

MICRODROPLET GENERATORS; PILLAR LENGTH; SATELLITE DROPLETS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP FORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; NOZZLES;

EID: 27544456717     PISSN: 10653090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/jflowvisimageproc.v11.i2.40     Document Type: Article

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