On the application of confined twin-jet instability to micro-mixing enhancement

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Nahum, A ^a   Seifert, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNSTEADY FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BASELINE FLOW; HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITY; MICRO-MIXING; TWIN-JET INSTABILITY;

JETS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; JETS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNSTEADY FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33745635326     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2214882     Document Type: Article

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