Generation of a monodisperse microbubble jet in microgravity

AIAA Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2010-2019

  Carrera, J ^a,c   Ruiz, X ^a,d   Ramirez Piscina L ^a,e   Casademunt, J ^a,c   Dreyer, M ^b  

^a INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FLUID MECHANICS; JETS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

BUBBLE COALESCENCE; BUBBLE DISTRIBUTIONS; BUBBLE SIZES; CROSS FLOWS; DROP TOWERS; EFFICIENT METHODS; FREE-FALL; INJECTION PARAMETERS; MEAN FLOWS; MICRO BUBBLES; MICRO-GRAVITY CONDITIONS; MONO DISPERSED; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; REDUCED-SIZE; REYNOLDS; SLUG FLOW; T JUNCTIONS; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TURBULENT JETS; UNIFORM SIZE; WEBER NUMBER; WEBER NUMBERS;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 49249115343     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.33283     Document Type: Article

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