Drop breakup in an SMX static mixer in laminar flow

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 793-807

  Liu, Shiping ^a   Hrymak, Andrew N ^a   Wood, Philip E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Drop breakup; Laminar flow; SMX static mixer; VOF

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

STATIC MIXERS; VOLUME OF FLUID (VOF) MODELS;

DROP BREAKUP;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXER;

EID: 27844493697     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450830501     Document Type: Article

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