Computational investigation on bubble detachment from submerged orifice in quiescent liquid under normal and reduced gravity

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Chakraborty, I ^a   Ray, B ^a   Biswas, G ^a   Durst, F ^b   Sharma, A ^a   Ghoshdastidar, P S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b FMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; LIQUID SLOSHING; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORIFICES;

AIR BUBBLE FORMATION; BUBBLE DETACHMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; INFLOW CONDITIONS; LOW-GRAVITY CONDITION; QUIESCENT LIQUID; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

EID: 67650314938     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3152437     Document Type: Article

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