A level-set method for simulation of a thermal inkjet process

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-156

  Suh, Youngho ^a   Son, Gihun ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTACT ANGLE; CURVE FITTING; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INK; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; LIQUIDS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PRESSURE; THERMAL PRINTING; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; BUBBLE GROWTH; BUBBLE GROWTH AND COLLAPSE; BUBBLE NUCLEATION; DRIVING MECHANISM; DROPLET EJECTION; DROPLET FORMATION; LEVEL SET METHOD (LSM); LIQUID VAPOR (LV); LIQUID-AIR INTERFACES; LIQUID-VAPOR INTERFACES; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PHASE CHANGES; SOLID SURFACES;

PHASE INTERFACES;

BUBBLES; CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; FLUID; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC PRESSURE; INK; LIQUIDS; PRESSURE; PRINTING; SIMULATION; SOLIDS; SURFACES; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS;

EID: 45849135636     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: 15210626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407790802182661     Document Type: Article

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