Liquid and gas phase velocity measurements for two phase flow in a branching microchannel network

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn 11 PART B, Issue , 2008, Pages 791-800

  Kwak, Younghoon ^a   Liburdy, James ^a   Pence, Deborah ^a   Narayanan, Vinod ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

GAS INTERFACE VELOCITIES; MICROCHANNEL NETWORKS; PHASE FLOW; STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 44349112960     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2007-41621     Document Type: Conference Paper

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