Three-dimensional flows in slowly varying planar geometries

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3051-3062

  Lauga, Eric ^a   Stroock, Abraham D ^b   Stone, Howard A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; GEOMETRY; MIXING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

MICROFABRICATION; STOKES FLOW;

LAMINAR FLOW;

LAMINAR FLOW; MICROCHANNEL; PRESSURE-DRIVEN FLOW; STOKES FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 4344682420     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1760105     Document Type: Article

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