On the CFD modelling of Taylor flow in microchannels

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2941-2950

  Gupta, Raghvendra ^a   Fletcher, David F ^a   Haynes, Brian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Contact angle; Liquid film; Mesh resolution; Microchannels; Multiphase flow; Taylor bubble

Indexed keywords

CFD; CFD MODELLING; INTERFACE CAPTURING; LOW CAPILLARY NUMBERS; MESH RESOLUTION; MODELLING STUDIES; TAYLOR BUBBLE; TAYLOR FLOWS;

CALCIUM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTACT ANGLE; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUID FILMS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; THIN FILMS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 67349158778     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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