Ejection process simulation for a piezoelectric microdroplet generator

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1144-1152

  Yang, An Shik ^a   Tsai, Wei Ming ^a  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Droplet ejection process; Piezoelectric microdroplet generator

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP FORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; SURFACE TENSION;

DROPLET EJECTION PROCESS; LIQUID SURFACE TENSION; PIECEWISE LINEAR INTERFACE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE; PIEZOELECTRIC MICRODROPLET GENERATOR;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 33751395511     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2353275     Document Type: Article

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