Constructal dendritic geometry and the existence of asymmetric bifurcation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Wechsatol, W ^a   Ordonez, J C ^b   Kosaraju, S ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFINED FLOW; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP;

FLOW FRACTION; FLOW RESISTANCES; MURRAY'S LAW; SQUARE CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE CHANNELS;

DENDRIMERS;

EID: 33845748278     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2388732     Document Type: Article

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