Effects of inertia on the rheology of a dilute emulsion of drops in shear

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1377-1394

  Li, Xiaoyi ^a   Sarkar, Kausik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Droplets; Emulsions; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

DROPLETS; FRONT TRACKING METHOD; INERTIA EFFECTS; NEWTONIAN EMULSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMULSIONS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 29144514161     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2048748     Document Type: Article

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