Modeling study of the surface tension and gravitational effects on flow injection in center-gated disks

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1104-1110

  Li, C T ^a   Wu, B Y ^a   Chen, T S ^a  

^a DE LIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capillary number; Composite materials; Gravitation; Stokes number; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; VISUALIZATION;

CAPILLARY NUMBER; CENTER-GATED DISKS; STOKES NUMBER;

SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 33646199599     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-004-2479-7     Document Type: Article

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