Flow visualization of cavitating flows through a rectangular slot micro-orifice ingrained in a microchannel

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Mishra, Chandan ^a   Peles, Yoav ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAVITATION; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

CAVITATING FLOWS; CAVITATION NUMBER; MICROCHANNEL;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 28844481180     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2132289     Document Type: Article

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