A combined experimental and computational fluid dynamics analysis of the dynamics of drop formation

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 219, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 933-947

  Fawehinmi, O B ^a   Gaskell, P H ^a   Jimack, P K ^a   Kapur, N ^a   Thompson, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Drop formation; Experiments; VOF

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

SINGLE PHASE SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; VOLUME OF FLUID (VOF) METHOD;

DROP FORMATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPLET STRUCTURE;

EID: 28344444126     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440605X31788     Document Type: Article

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