Evolution of transient meniscus in a wettable microchannel for Newtonian fluid

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2692-2696

  Kim, Seung Mo ^a   Lee, Woo Il ^a   Suh, Kahp Y ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SURFACE TENSION; TRANSIENTS; VISCOSITY;

NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; VOLUME OF FLUID (VOF) METHOD; WETTABLE MICROCHANNELS;

NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

EID: 33846062360     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/16/12/023     Document Type: Article

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