Axial static pressure measurements of water flow in a rectangular microchannel

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 907-916

  Costaschuk, D ^a   Elsnab, J ^a   Petersen, S ^a   Klewicki, J C ^a   Ameel, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MICROSCALE EFFECT; POISEUILLE NUMBER; PRESSURE RECOVERY;

FLOW OF WATER;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW OF WATER; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 36448936760     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-007-0360-9     Document Type: Article

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