Microfeeding with different ultrasonic nozzle designs

Ultrasonics

Volumn 49, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 514-521

  Lu, Xuesong ^a   Yang, Shoufeng ^b   Evans, Julian R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Longitudinal wave; Microfeeding; Powder; Progressive wave; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

DRY POWDERS; GLASS CAPILLARIES; GLASS TUBES; GLASS WALLS; HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS; LONGITUDINAL VIBRATIONS; LONGITUDINAL WAVE; MECHANICAL CONNECTIONS; MICROFEEDING; MINIMUM FLOWS; PROGRESSIVE WAVE; SOLID FREEFORMING; TYPE II; ULTRASONIC NOZZLES; ULTRASONIC VIBRATIONS; VOLTAGE AMPLITUDES;

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; GLASS; NOZZLES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POWDERS; ULTRASONICS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; NEBULIZER; POWDER; ULTRASOUND; VIBRATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; POWDERS; ULTRASONICS; VIBRATION;

EID: 67049110314     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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