Droplet formation and stability of flows in a microfluidic T-junction

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Gupta, Amit ^a   Murshed, S M Sohel ^a   Kumar, Ranganathan ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; DISPERSED PHASIS; DROPLET FLOWS; DROPLET FORMATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FLOW REGIMES; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN; PARALLEL FLOWS; REGIME MAPS; T JUNCTIONS; TRANSITION ZONES; VISCOSITY RATIOS;

CAPILLARITY; FLOW RATE; VISCOSITY;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 65449181105     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3116089     Document Type: Article

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