Investigation of two-phase flow in rectangular micro-channels

2008 Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference, FEDSM 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 451-461

  Kim, Namwon ^a   Evans, Estelle T ^a   Soper, Steven A ^b   Murphy, Michael C ^a   Nikitopoulos, Dimitris E ^a  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER; BUBBLE LENGTH; BUBBLE SIZE; BUBBLY FLOW REGIME; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CHANNEL LENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; FEEDBACK EFFECTS; FLOW REGIMES; GAS BUBBLE; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; HOT-EMBOSSING; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; LENGTH SCALE; LIQUID PLUGS; LIQUID SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; MOLD INSERTS; NON-WETTING; SEGMENTED FLOW; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE; STATISTICAL VARIATIONS; TEST CHANNEL; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATIO;

CONTACT ANGLE; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; NANOFLUIDICS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW; WETTING;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 69949168831     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FEDSM2008-55037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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