Three-dimensional numerical study of flow structures of impinging jets in Y-typed micro-mixers

International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 425-434

  Guan, Hui ^a,b   Wu, Chui Jie ^b   Loewe, Holger ^c   Tu, Shan Tung ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Impinging jet micromixer; Mixing quality; Optimal design; Three dimensional finite volume method

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548573182     PISSN: 15651339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJNSNS.2007.8.3.425     Document Type: Article

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