Gravity-driven slug motion in capillary tubes

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Lunati, Ivan ^a   Or, Dani ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTACT ANGLE; DRAG; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SCALING LAWS; VELOCITY; VISCOUS FLOW; WETTING;

DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY; DIMENSIONLESS VELOCITY; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE; SURFACE CURVATURES; THEORETICAL SCALING LAW; VISCOUS DISSIPATION; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 66849099815     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3125262     Document Type: Article

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