Investigation of design parameters for droplet generators driven by piezoelectric actuators

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 733-740

  Chen, Yaw Shen ^a   Huang, Yu Lin ^a   Kuo, Chia Hsin ^a   Chang, Shuo Hung ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Drop on demand; Droplet formation; Piezoelectric inkjet printhead

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOZZLES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DROP-ON-DEMAND; DROPLET EJECTION; DROPLET FORMATION; PIEZOELECTRIC INKJET PRINTHEAD;

DROPS;

EID: 33847639806     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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