A new adaptation of mapping method to study mixing of multiphase flows in mixers with complex geometries

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1471-1481

  Fard, Arash Sarhangi ^a,b   Famili, Navid M ^a   Anderson, Patrick D ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distributive laminar mixing; Imaginary domain method; Mapping method; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAPPING; MIXING;

DISTRIBUTIVE LAMINAR MIXING; IMAGINARY DOMAIN METHOD;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAPPING; MIXING; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 42949163388     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2007.06.023     Document Type: Article

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