Quantifying air atomization of viscoelastic fluids through fluid relaxation times

Atomization and Sprays

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 777-790

  Christanti, Yenny ^a,b   Walker, Lynn M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ATOMIZATION; RELAXATION TIMES;

ATOMIZATION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; RELAXATION PROCESSES; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

ATOMIZATION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 33845532558     PISSN: 10445110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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