Buoyancy-driven motion and breakup of viscous drops in constricted capillaries

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1055-1071

  Olgac, Ufuk ^a   Kayaalp, Arif D ^a   Muradoglu, Metin ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Buoyancy driven motion; Constricted channel; Drop breakup; Finite volume front tracking method

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CAPILLARITY; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DROP BREAKUP; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; VISCOUS FLOW;

CONSTRICTED CHANNELS; FINITE VOLUME; FRONT-TRACKING METHOD; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

BUOYANCY; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DROP BREAKUP; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 33748171051     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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