Investigation of viscosity effect on droplet formation in T-shaped microchannels by numerical and analytical methods

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 621-635

  Sang, Long ^a   Hong, Yiping ^a   Wang, Fujun ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Droplet prediction; Microfluidic channel; Multiphase flow; Non Newtonian; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHODS; ANALYTICAL MODELS; APPROXIMATION ERRORS; BINGHAM FLUIDS; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DROP SIZES; DROPLET FORMATIONS; DROPLET PREDICTION; FORCE BALANCES; IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; NEWTONIANS; NON-NEWTONIAN; NUMERICAL MODELS; ON-LINE CONTROLS; POWER-LAW COEFFICIENTS; POWER-LAW EXPONENTS; POWER-LAW FLUIDS; SIMULATION RESULTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUMES; VISCOSITY EFFECTS; VISCOSITY RATIOS;

COALESCENCE; DROP FORMATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FLUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 67349144697     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-008-0329-x     Document Type: Article

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